Living in Community
How monastic community life supports living in the precepts and brings other benefits.
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Why and how Sravasti Abbey was founded to support the flourishing of the Three Jewels in the west.
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How Sravasti Abbey conducts the essential rites the Buddha prescribed for monastics.
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Monastic Teachings (Italy 2017)
Teachings given to monastics at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Pomaia, Italy.
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The benefits of living in community
Venerable Chodron talks with a monastic about what it means to take full ordination.
View PostPosadha at Sravasti Abbey
An explanation of the ritual known as posadha, during which monastics purify and restore their…
View PostThe six harmonies: Setting the stage for living toge...
The six harmonies help people come together to create a spiritual community with the conditions…
View PostLiving Vinaya in the United States
A paper on the bhikshuni sangha in the west written by a nun who participated…
View PostThe past and future of the bhikshuni sangha in the West
The role of the sangha in preserving and spreading the Dharma. The relationship of the…
View PostPurpose of a monastery
A discussion on ways in which the structure of monastery life serves to transform our…
View PostBenefiting the world through the Dharma
A talk with Tibetan nuns about Sravasti Abbey and how monastic life is being involved…
View PostBuddhist monastics in the Inland Northwest
How Sravasti Abbey found a home in rural Washington and the purpose of a Buddhist…
View PostKathina celebration 2018
A short talk about the kathina robe ceremony to celebrate the end of the monastic…
View PostThe future is up to us
A participant in Sravasti Abbey's recent "Living Vinaya in the West" course considers how the…
View PostSravasti Abbey hosts “Living Vinaya in the Wes...
A historic event at Sravasti Abbey: 49 nuns gather to learn and live the Vinaya…
View PostTransmitting the lamp of the Dharma
Encouraging all Buddhists to work together to transmit the lamp of the Dharma from one…
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