Living in Community

How monastic community life supports living in the precepts and brings other benefits.

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Monastic Rites

Kathina celebration 2018

A short talk about the kathina robe ceremony to celebrate the end of the monastic…

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Ven. Chodron leading a group of monastics in a chant.
Life at Sravasti Abbey

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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Life at Sravasti Abbey

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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Photo © Luminary International Buddhist Society Gen Heywood.
Life at Sravasti Abbey

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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Ven. Jampa giving a gift to Ven. Chodron.
Living in Community

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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Living in Community

Questions and answers with monastics

A discussion on various topics of daily life in the community, applicants for ordination, the…

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Living in Community

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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Living in Community

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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Living in Community

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 Damcho smiling and holding one of the texts.
Life at Sravasti Abbey

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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Nuns at Jangchub Choeling, listening to a teaching.
Living in Community

Living in community as Dharma practice

A talk to Tibetan nuns about community living at Sravasti Abbey and how nuns can…

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