Becoming a Monastic
Monastics offer advice on what aspirants can do to prepare for ordination.
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A monastic’s mind
A talk directed at monastics but valuable for all. The value of having a monastic…
View PostWindows of opportunity
Learning the Dharma helps set a clear motivation, helping us to see when windows of…
View PostDonning the robes
One nun's path from being a householder with interest in Buddhism, to spiritual director of…
View PostAdvice for someone considering ordination
Venerable Chodron offers advice to an aspiring monastic who asks how to know when it's…
View PostA dialogue about ordination
An Abbey resident, considering ordination, talks to a nun about what changes after one ordains.
View PostLetter to those considering monastic ordination
Advice and resources for those considering monastic life, and special advice for those who are…
View PostAn interview with a newly ordained monastic
Venerable Thubten Chonyi talks candidly to Awaken magazine of her decision to follow the monastic…
View PostSome thoughts after ordination
Rejoice in choosing monastic life as the best way to achieve happiness.
View PostOn monastic life
Following the ordination of Venerable Thubten Semkye at Sravasti Abbey, visiting nuns participated in a…
View PostGiving up married life
An interview with Venable Chodron about how she decided to become a Buddhist nun.
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