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Exploring Monastic Life 2018

The spread of Buddhism and monastic life

The Buddha’s life story and how monasticism adapted to different cultures.

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Monastic Life

The joy of monastic discipline

Written by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, these verses pay tribute to the ethical discipline…

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Tibetan nuns discussing physics experiments in class.
Science and Buddhism

American professor teaches physics to Tibetan nuns

Physics professor Nicole Ackerman (now Venerable Thubten Rinchen) writes about her experience teaching science to…

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Venerable Lamsel smiling and talking to a friend.
A Nun's Life

The power of an idea

Halfway around the world from the Abbey, the idea that people are living an alternative…

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Venerable Chodron and other Abbey monastics sitting on meditation cushions and reading a text.
Monastic Life

Why monastics matter in the modern world

Venerable Thubten Chodron explains how the role of monastics today is not much different than…

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Monastic Rites

Kathina celebration 2018

A short talk about the kathina robe ceremony to celebrate the end of the monastic…

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Venerable Chodron cutting the hair of Venerable Semkye (then Nancy).
Becoming a Monastic

Becoming a nun

There are many ways to consider one's desire to ordain. Motivation is the most important…

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Venerable Chonyi smiling while sorthing through bins of mail.
A Nun's Life

A nun’s lifestyle

The lifestyle of a Buddhist nun or monk is based on Buddhist values of compassion,…

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Front page of Dharma Drum article showing Ven. Chodron smiling.
A Nun's Life

Guided by bodhicitta to create an energy field for c...

An interview with Dharma Drum Humanity Magazine, in which Venerable Chodron talks about her early…

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Ven. Chodron leading a group of monastics in a chant.
Life at Sravasti Abbey

The future is up to us

A participant in Sravasti Abbey's recent "Living Vinaya in the West" course considers how the…

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Group photo of participants from the Living Vinaya in the West program.
Life at Sravasti Abbey

Sravasti Abbey hosts “Living Vinaya in the Wes...

A historic event at Sravasti Abbey: 49 nuns gather to learn and live the Vinaya…

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Life at Sravasti Abbey

Transmitting the lamp of the Dharma

Encouraging all Buddhists to work together to transmit the lamp of the Dharma from one…

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