Life at Sravasti Abbey
Why and how Sravasti Abbey was founded to support the flourishing of the Three Jewels in the west.
About Sravasti Abbey
In 2003, Venerable Thubten Chodron founded Sravasti Abbey, a pioneering training monastery for westerners in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition located in Newport, Washington, USA. Learn more about Sravasti Abbey here.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Master the core of practice, rise to the challenge
Reflections on building a vibrant Buddhist community in the modern age.
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Chang-shen Shih - Apr 27, 2019
Chang-shen Shih Living Vinaya in the United States
A paper on the bhikshuni sangha in the west written by a nun who participated…
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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…
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Sravasti Abbey Monastics Purpose of a monastery
A discussion on ways in which the structure of monastery life serves to transform our…
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Benefiting the world through the Dharma
A talk with Tibetan nuns about Sravasti Abbey and how monastic life is being involved…
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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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Christina Manriquez
- Feb 23, 2018
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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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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Tracy Simmons A Tibetan Buddhist nun blazes a trail for other wome...
Tracy Simmons interviews Venerable Thubten Chodron about the founding of the Abbey.
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