Explore Monastic Life

Teachings from the annual Exploring Monastic Life program at Sravasti Abbey.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2019

Advice from the preceptor

Commentary to advice from the preceptor and qualities that make someone a worthy recipient of…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2019

Robes of liberation

The importance of the mental factors of integrity and consideration for others, and the symbolic…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2019

Guarding integrity and aspiration

The purpose of religious institutions, what to do when disagreements arise with our spiritual mentors,…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2019

Taking refuge

The meaning of taking refuge and commentary to the verses of taking refuge.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2019

Sincerely going forth

How to overcome a poor-quality view of ourselves, and how to generate a mind of…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2019

Leaving family and renouncing worldly ties

How community life is a fast-track to overcome the eight worldly concerns, and commentary to…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2019

The meaning of ordination

The meaning of ordination, how it is much more than just keeping precepts.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2018

Core elements of a monastic lifestyle

Exploring the core elements of a monastic lifestyle in the last teaching in the 2018…

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Exploring Monastic Life 2018

A monastic’s commitments & the benefits o...

Discussing the commitments that monastics make when ordaining and the benefits monasteries provide society.

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Exploring Monastic Life 2018

How precepts transform society

The other advantages of monastic precepts: to transform society, to bring about individual liberation, and…

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