Presso l’Abbazia di Sravasti fiorisce una comunità monastica.
In 2003, Venerable Thubten Chodron founded Sravasti Abbey, a pioneering training monastery for westerners in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition located in Newport, Washington, USA. These articles explain why and how Venerable Thubten Chodron established the Abbey to support the flourishing of the Three Jewels in the west. Learn more about Sravasti Abbey here.
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In 2003, Venerable Thubten Chodron founded Sravasti Abbey, a pioneering training monastery for westerners in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition located in Newport, Washington, USA. These articles explain why and how Venerable Thubten Chodron established the Abbey to support the flourishing of the Three Jewels in the west. Learn more about Sravasti Abbey here.
Living Vinaya in the United States
A paper on the bhikshuni sangha in the west written by a nun who participated in Sravasti Abbey’s “Living Vinaya in the West” program.
Keindahan Sravasti Abbey
Biara Sravasti adalah biara Buddha tempat para biarawati, biksu dan perumah tangga belajar dan mempraktikkan agama Buddha dalam komunitas spiritual.
The 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 monastic and lay communities. The vision for the Abbey’s future.
Purpose of a monastery
A discussion on ways in which the structure of monastery life serves to transform our minds.
Benefiting the world through the Dharma
A talk with Tibetan nuns about Sravasti Abbey and how monastic life is being involved in something that is important for the world.
Buddhist monastics in the Inland Northwest
How Sravasti Abbey found a home in rural Washington and the purpose of a Buddhist monastery. Reading and commentary from “Approaching the Buddhist Path”.
The future is up to us
A participant in Sravasti Abbey’s recent “Living Vinaya in the West” course considers how the monastic tradition contributes to the Dharma in the West.
Sravasti Abbey hosts “Living Vinaya in the West”
A historic event at Sravasti Abbey: 49 nuns gather to learn and live the Vinaya in order to support monasticism in the West.
Transmitting the lamp of the Dharma
Encouraging all Buddhists to work together to transmit the lamp of the Dharma from one generation to the next.
