Monastic Life
A treasury of information about the joys and challenges of life as a Buddhist monastic.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The benefits of living in community
Venerable Chodron talks with a monastic about what it means to take full ordination.
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Monk chat: Questions about monastic and community life
Short videos covering questions about monastics living in community.
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Our top three priorities
By understanding impermanence and emptiness, our bodhicitta motivation becomes clear.
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Being easy to speak to
Being humble means respecting and appreciating different ways of thinking.
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Skillfully connecting with others
Being mindful of our speech and movements is essential to benefiting others.
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Being mindful of our precepts and values
Our real practice is to reformat how we think and then change our lives.
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Imbued with the Buddhist worldview
How the monastic mind is imbued with the Buddhist worldview and differs from worldly values.
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Being mindful of the kindness of others
Being aware of the kindness of others inspires us to develop patience and tolerance.
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Monasticism in the West
A question and answer session about Buddhist monasticism in the West.
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Sustaining our monastic life
How a long-term bodhicitta motivation is essential to sustaining ordained life and the importance of…
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