Monastic life and mind
Reverend Master Meiko of Shasta Abbey talks about her life as a monastic. This talk was given during Sravasti Abbey's annual Exploring Monastic Life program in 2005.
- Love and being drawn to the Dharma
- Living in a commmunity
- Sanctify the mundane: reverence, caring and respectful mind
- When the bell rings, go to the hall—mindfulness
- Rock tumbler—smooth out the edges
- Cut all family ties—from attachment and dependence to deep love
- Everyday life—take where we are and what we’re doing as the practice