Becoming a Monastic
Monastics offer advice on what aspirants can do to prepare for ordination.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Windows of opportunity
Learning the Dharma helps set a clear motivation, helping us to see when windows of…
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Venerable Pema - Jun 18, 2011
Venerable Pema Donning the robes
One nun's path from being a householder with interest in Buddhism, to spiritual director of…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Advice for someone considering ordination
Venerable Chodron offers advice to an aspiring monastic who asks how to know when it's…
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Sravasti Abbey Monastics A dialogue about ordination
An Abbey resident, considering ordination, talks to a nun about what changes after one ordains.
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Letter to those considering monastic ordination
Advice and resources for those considering monastic life, and special advice for those who are…
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An interview with a newly ordained monastic
Venerable Thubten Chonyi talks candidly to Awaken magazine of her decision to follow the monastic…
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Venerable Sonam Yeshe
- Dec 11, 2008
Some thoughts after ordination
Rejoice in choosing monastic life as the best way to achieve happiness.
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On monastic life
Following the ordination of Venerable Thubten Semkye at Sravasti Abbey, visiting nuns participated in a…
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Giving up married life
An interview with Venable Chodron about how she decided to become a Buddhist nun.
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