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Exploring Monastic Life 2023

Transgressing precepts of individual liberation

Explanation of the line in the General Confession, “I have transgressed the precepts of Individual…

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Four buddhist nuns from the Tibetan tradition attend the Sakyadhita Conference.
Monastic Life

Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha

A Sravasti Abbey nun reports on her experience at the 2023 Sakyadhita International Conference in…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2023

Explanation of the general confession

The General Confession line by line, reminding us that there’s not a single day that…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2023

Freedom and suffering

Introduces the Seven Patriarchs and urges us to make effort in understanding karma and the…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2023

The Buddha’s life story part 2

Continues with the Buddha’s life story, and discusses the motivation for ordaining.

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Chants from the Chinese Tradition

Repentance chant

The repentance chant that is part of the bimonthly monastic confession ceremony.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2023

The Buddha’s life story part 1

How the Buddha’s life story parallels our own story of spiritual yearning.

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Volume 3 Samsara, Nirvana, and Buddha Nature

Cultivating excellent qualities

Describing the three factors that make the cultivation of excellent qualities, reviewing the sections, "Excellent…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Friends who give bad advice

How habitual disturbing emotions are like friends giving bad advice.

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