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Venerable Thubten Chodron Buddhist monastics in the Inland Northwest
How Sravasti Abbey found a home in rural Washington and the purpose of a Buddhist…
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Venerable Thubten Samten Kathina celebration 2018
A short talk about the kathina robe ceremony to celebrate the end of the monastic…
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Christina Manriquez - Feb 23, 2018
Christina Manriquez The future is up to us
A participant in Sravasti Abbey's recent "Living Vinaya in the West" course considers how the…
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Sravasti Abbey hosts “Living Vinaya in the Wes...
A historic event at Sravasti Abbey: 49 nuns gather to learn and live the Vinaya…
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Venerable Master Wuyin Transmitting the lamp of the Dharma
Encouraging all Buddhists to work together to transmit the lamp of the Dharma from one…
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The mutual relationship of monastics and lay practit...
Through mutual support the monastic and lay community grow in the Dharma. For the Dharma…
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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa The benefits of living in a monastic community
Venerable Jampa reflects on the benefits to be gained by living in a community of…
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Questions and answers with monastics
A discussion on various topics of daily life in the community, applicants for ordination, the…
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The six harmonies of the sangha: Part 2
The six ways of keeping harmony in the monastic community that help the community as…
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The six harmonies of the sangha: Part 1
The six ways of keeping harmony in the monastic community that help the community as…
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The ten benefits of monastic precepts
The ten reasons the Buddha gave for establishing the precepts cover benefiting the the individual…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi No small thing: Encouragement from China
The Abbey celebrates the arrival of 32 volumes of the annotated edition of the Nanshan…
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