Venerable Tenzin Tsepal reflects on the Exploring Monastic Life program and how it supports the cultivation of a monastic mind.
Humility, transparency, and self-acceptance
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.
Reimagining Buddhist ethics in the world
Venerable Thubten Jampa shares the many ways that Westerners can practice ethics in their daily lives.
The border between liberation and cyclic existence
Venerable Thubten Samten reflects on her life experiences through the lens of teachings on the graduated stages of the path to enlightenment.
The practice of appreciating others
Venerable Thubten Chonyi shares three ways we can show our appreciation for others in a helpful and authentic way.
Minor hindrances to ordination
Concluding the program with teachings on the 13 minor hindrances to ordination.
Unravelling our hallucinations
Venerable Thubten Chonyi shares how the meditation on the mind as the source of our happiness and pain can help us in community life.
The conditions for ordination
The different types of precepts that Buddhists take and the 13 grave hindrances that prevent one from taking ordination.
Non-negotiables in Dharma practice
Venerable Thubten Semkye shares more gems from her ordained life, including a list of things that she knows she has to give up to progress along the path.
Pursuing true happiness
Completion of the commentary on the “Ratthapala Sutta,” with verses reminding us of the impermanence of this life and worldly pleasures.
The mirror of community life
Venerable Thubten Yeshe shares how she came to live at Sravasti Abbey and what she has learned from living in community.