Explore Monastic Life
Teachings from the annual Exploring Monastic Life program at Sravasti Abbey.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Qualifications for ordination
How to subdue the mind, and what makes someone qualified for ordination.
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Robes of liberation
The importance of the mental factors of integrity and consideration for others, and the symbolic…
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Guarding integrity and aspiration
The purpose of religious institutions, what to do when disagreements arise with our spiritual mentors,…
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Sincerely going forth
How to overcome a poor-quality view of ourselves, and how to generate a mind of…
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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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The meaning of ordination
The meaning of ordination, how it is much more than just keeping precepts.
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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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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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How precepts transform society
The other advantages of monastic precepts: to transform society, to bring about individual liberation, and…
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How precepts promote harmony in the sangha
The three kinds of precepts (pratimoksa, bodhisattva, and tantric) and how the first two reasons…
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