Living in novice precepts
12 Exploring Monastic Life 2022
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Exploring Monastic Life 2022 
Aug 4, 2022 Part of a series of teachings given during Sravasti Abbey’s annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2022.
- Cause and effect and the creation of virtue or non-virtue
- Monastic life and its value and image in the Western world
- Hierarchy in the monastic life
- Questions asked of monastics
- Shiksamana ordination lineage (for women only)
- Cultural interpretations of vinaya
- Handling of money and inheritance as a monastic
- The difference between naturally negative actions and breaking a precept
- Death and handling of the body as a monastic
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
