Venerable Thubten Chodron finishes the ordination ceremony text, and concludes this set of teachings with prayers and chants from the ordination ceremony.
Cutting bonds and going forth
Series of teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron from the annual Exploring Monastic Life program at Sravasti Abbey in which participants examine life as a monastic. Use the links below and in the sidebar to the left to access related topics.
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Series of teachings by Venerable Thubten Chodron from the annual Exploring Monastic Life program at Sravasti Abbey in which participants examine life as a monastic. Use the links below and in the sidebar to the left to access related topics.
Renouncing worldly life
Advice on severing attachment to this body, loved ones and worldly life so we can go forth into homeless life with a happy mind.
Sravasti Abbey values
The Sravasti Abbey values, which help guide the development of monastic minds at the Abbey.
Western monastics
How to overcome obstacles to receiving precepts, and the situation of Western monastics in the Tibetan tradition
Taking ethical restraints
The importance of purification before ordination and the actual taking of ethical restraints.
Guarding integrity and aspiration
How monastics must guard their integrity and aspiration for awakening by developing self-confidence and immunity towards what others think.
Living joyfully together
Venerable Thubten Tarpa teaches on how to live joyfully in community, drawing from her own experience at Sravasti Abbey.
The banner of the Dharma
A teaching from the ordination ceremony text, focusing on advice from the acharya about practicing the three higher trainings for the purpose of liberation.
Family life
The teaching from the ordination ceremony text continues, focusing on advice concerning how monastic relate to family and society at large.
Working with expectations
False expectations we may approach ordination with, and the importance of practicing self-compassion to overcome them.