Monastic Life
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Interview with Interfaith Voices
Interview with a Catholic nun about life as a Buddhist nun.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Bringing the kathina ceremony to the West
What the kathina ceremony means to the Sravasti Abbey community.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi The significance of the kathina ceremony
The story of how and why the Buddha introduced the kathina ceremony for the sangha.
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Interview with Tibetan Center Hamburg Magazine
The challenges of being a Buddhist nun in the West and what was learned from…
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Buddhist women in the West
The challenges and freedoms of being a Western Buddhist nun. Bringing the Dharma to Western…
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun
What it means to live as a nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition in the…
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Marie Scarles - Feb 26, 2016
Marie Scarles Comrades in alms
Tricycle Magazine interviews Venerable Thubten Chodron about the challenges and joys of being a monk…
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Yin Radio
- Dec 6, 2015
Women in Buddhism
The journey into Buddhism, what it's like to be a female Buddhist leader, views on…
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Daniel Aitken
- Nov 30, 2015
An American Buddhist abbess
An interview with Wisdom Publications discussing the vision for Sravasti Abbey and the recently published…
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The Challenges and Joys of Monastic Life
Rejoicing in the 21st Western Buddhist Monastic Gathering, which was hosted by Sravasti Abbey for…
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Words of advice
Advice for monastics and the completion of the commentary on the ethical conduct chapter in…
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The purpose of monastic life
What it means to fulfill the purpose of monastic life. Guarding the mind from the…
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