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Monastic Practice Talks

Monasticism (from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós) 'solitary, monastic'; from μόνος (mónos) 'alone'), also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual activities. Monastic life plays an important role in many Christian churches, especially in the Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican traditions as well as in other faiths such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. In other religions, monasticism is generally criticized and not practiced, as in Islam and Zoroastrianism, or plays a marginal role, as in modern Judaism.

Many monastics live in abbeys, convents, monasteries, or priories to separate themselves from the secular world, unless they are in mendicant or missionary orders.

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The Grass Hut and the Bodhimandala

Serial: TL-00730

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Zoom, Mandala, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana
Feb 27 2022
Hybrid

Women Ancestors Class

Lay, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...
Nov 23 2020
2 of 3
Zoom

Women Ancestors Class

Lay, Priest, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Teacher-and-...
Nov 23 2020
2 of 3
Zoom

The Song of the Grass Hut

Serial: TL-00681

Zen Center of North Shore, Beverly, MA,
Dharma Talk

Zoom, Monastic Practice, Doubt, Vimalakirti, Practice Period
Nov 20 2020
Zoom

Sojun Roshi At YEBZ

Precepts, Absolute-and-Relative, Monastic Practice, Big Mind, Bodhisattva Precepts,...
Sep 26 2020

Public Dokusan 9

Equanimity, Two Truths, Karma, Patience, Monastic Practice, Continuous Practice,...
Sep 24 2020

Zen Evolution Through Daily Living

Serial: RB-03069

Zen-Riffs

Practice, Daily Life, Monastic Practice
Sep 08 2020
Johanneshof

Zen Streams in Modern Life

Serial: RB-03958

Dharma_Now_2

Practice, Monastic Practice, Time
Aug 30 2020
Johanneshof

Way-Seeking Mind: Embracing Transformation

Serial: RB-03954

Dharma_Now_2

Culture, Practice, Monastic Practice
Jul 12 2020
Johanneshof

The Fire of Zen

Monastic Practice, Global Warming, Nirvana, War, Politics, Interview, Liberation,...
Jan 25 2020

Don't Wait For Maitreya

Discrimination, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Passions, Tassajara Zen Mountain...
Dec 06 2019

Return to Dragons; Dreaming in Japanese Buddhism

Serial: TL-00602

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Monastic Practice, Conversation, Mindfulness, Daily Life, Lay Practice
Oct 06 2019
ADZG Temple

Beat Zen Square Zen and Zen

Monastic Practice, Duality, Non-duality, Birth-and-Death, true dharma, American, Lay...
Jul 13 2019

Zenki and Shoji Class 4

Serial: BZ-02682

PP Class 4

 

Four Noble Truths, Six Realms, Birth-and-Death, Impermanence, Lay, Vinaya, Platform...
Jun 06 2019

Love

Hate, Mindfulness, Big Mind, Equanimity, Duality, Monastic Practice, Interdependence...
Jun 01 2019

Practice Period 31st Opening Sesshin

Practice Period, Birth-and-Death, Bodhidharma, Practice Position, Bodhisattva Vow,...
May 11 2019

Book of Serenity cases 12 and 20: What is Intimacy?

Serial: TL-00565

ADZG Friday Morning,
Sesshin Talk

Intimacy, Book of Serenity, Separation, Monastic Practice
Dec 07 2018
ADZG Temple

Precepts

Precepts, Karma, Anger, Monastic Practice, Samadhi, Birth-and-Death, Sangha,...
Dec 01 2018

Finding Here-ness in Zen Practice

Serial: RB-02028

Sesshin

Time, Practice, Monastic Practice
Nov 2018
Johanneshof

The Fox Koan Revisited, and Precepts

Serial: TL-00540

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Fox, Book of Serenity, Monastic Practice, Bodhisattva Vow
Sep 17 2018
ADZG Temple

Feelingfulness Over Mindfulness in Zen

Serial: RB-02885

Seminar_Koan

Practice, Monastic Practice, Koan
Aug 2018
Johanneshof

Practices for PP Opening Sesshin

Practice Period, Gaining Mind, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Continuous...
Apr 28 2018

Shuso position; 50th Anniversary of Dr. King's murder

Serial: TL-00513

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Practice Period, Aspects of Practice, Freedom, Monastic Practice
Apr 02 2018
ADZG Temple

Buddha's Parinirvana (Nirvana Study Sesshin Day 1, Lecture 2)

Serial: BZ-02597

Nirvana Study Sesshin Day 1 Lecture 2

 

Happiness, Composure, Nirvana, Monastic Practice, Samsara, Soto Zen, Bowing, Oneness...
Feb 17 2018

Hyakujo Sits on the Sublime Peak

Serial: BZ-02591

Sesshin

 

BCR-26, Separation, Monastic Practice, Lineage, Bodhidharma, Interview, Bowing,...
Jan 13 2018

Wider Views of Self and Relatedness

Serial: TL-00488

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Letting Go, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Renunciation
Oct 09 2017
ADZG Temple

Breathing Beyond The Self

Serial: RB-03870

Seminar_Awareness,_Consciousness_and_the_Practice_of_Mindfulness

Practice, Buddhism, Monastic Practice
Sep 2017
Kassel

August 27th, 2017, Serial No. 04393

Transmission, Monastic Practice, Practice
Aug 27 2017

The True Human Body and Dogen's Intimacy and Estrangement

Serial: TL-00475

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Intimacy, true dharma, Dharmakaya, Monastic Practice
Jul 10 2017
ADZG Temple

The Zen of Going to the Restroom

Addiction, Culture, Attachment, Patience, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Bodhisattva...
Jul 08 2017

Practice and Ritual: Just Enough

Soto Zen, Monastic Practice, Precepts, training, Heart Sutra, Chanting, zen...
Jun 24 2017

Precepts Class 5

Serial: BZ-02550

PP Class

Precepts, Ego, Culture, Anger, Renunciation, Heart Sutra, Mahayana, Emotions, Lay...
Jun 01 2017

What is Bowing

Bowing, Pure Existence, Duality, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Gratitude, Peace,...
Oct 01 2016

Practice of No Self

Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Happiness, Buddha Nature, Attachment, Lay...
May 07 2016

Aspects of Skillful Means

Serial: TL-00412

ADZG Monday Night,
Dharma Talk

Liberation, Practice Period, Mahayana, Diversity, Monastic Practice
Apr 18 2016
ADZG Temple

Iron Grindstone Liu

Serial: BZ-02443

Aspects of Practice

 

Blue Cliff Record, Book of Serenity, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Liberation,...
Nov 02 2015

What Makes Zen Center Run - Q&A

Serial: BZ-02433

Part 2 of 2

Absolute-and-Relative, Practice Period, Dragons, Bell, Building, Monastic Practice,...
Aug 22 2015
2

Acceptance

Building, Peace, Demons, Birth-and-Death, War, Evil, Addiction, Duality, Monastic...
Jun 13 2015

Seeing and Non-Seeing

Buddha Nature, Impermanence, Monastic Practice, Aspects of Practice, Platform Sutra,...
Apr 12 2015

Engaging the World Through Zen

Serial: RB-02211

Sesshin

Practice, Work, Monastic Practice
Oct 2014
Johanneshof

Teaching for the Tenzo

Big Mind, Monastic Practice, Emotions, stubbornness, Anger, Hindrances, Ego
Jun 19 2014
2

Teaching for the Tenzo

Monastic Practice, Big Mind, resistance, Harmonizing, Soto Zen, training, Priest, Ego...
Jun 18 2014
1

Heart Sutra Class

Birth-and-Death, Four Noble Truths, Hindrances, Evil, Composure, Duality, Monastic...
Jun 12 2014
5

Five Hindrances

Hindrances, Anger, Doubt, Forgiveness, Continuous Practice, Addiction, Attachment,...
Mar 29 2014

Dogen's Shoji: Birth and Death

Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Eight Aspects, Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Funeral,...
Feb 22 2014

Lotus Sutra and Bodhisattva Practice

Lotus Sutra, Practice Period, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Liberation, Mahayana,...
Sep 21 2013

Work Practice

Serial: TL-00309

ADZG Sunday Morning,
Dharma Talk

Lay Practice, Gathas, Family Practice, Intention, Monastic Practice
Sep 01 2013
ADZG Temple

Zen and Psychotherapy

Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Samadhi, Mindfulness, War, Priest, Dragons, Aspects...
Aug 03 2013

Lay Ordination

Serial: BZ-02312

History of American Lay Ordination, Saturday Lecture

Jukai, Lay Ordination, Lay, Priest, Lay Practice, Precepts, Ordination, Lineage,...
Jun 15 2013
Berkeley Zen Center

The Metaphor and Practice of Home Leaving

Gratitude, Bodhisattva Way, Family Practice, Culture, Monastic Practice, Thoroughness...
Mar 23 2013

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