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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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Title	Speaker	Date
Three Aspects of Practice Serial: TL-00284 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Aspects of Practice, Balance, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Commitment...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Feb 03 2013 ADZG Temple
Sandokai Lecture Five Serial: BZ-02282 Couplet 5 cont'd, Rohatsu Day 5 Composure, Monastic Practice, resistance, Instruction, Ego, Big Mind, Bell, Offering...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 06 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Deep Time and Precepts Time Serial: TL-00266 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Bell, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Practice Period, Mindfulness	Taigen Dan Leighton	Jul 01 2012 ADZG Temple
Each of Us Has Our Own Special Gifts Serial: TL-00253 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Interview, Monastic Practice, Bodhisattva Precepts, Book of Serenity, Rinzai...	Taigen Dan Leighton	Feb 12 2012 ADZG Temple
Dharma Kaleidescope Serial: BZ-02225 Bodhisattva Ceremony, Saturday Lecture Peace, Lay Practice, Platform Sutra, Evil, Evil, Karma, New Year, Platform Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 07 2012 Berkeley Zen Center
Monastic Practice Serial: BZ-02216 The Law of Circularity, Saturday Lecture Wearing down Self-centeredness, Jizo's Compassion, Tiger's Cave Emptiness, Jizo, Compassion, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Demons, Building,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 26 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Non-Attachment to Buddha Nature Is Buddha Nature Priest-and-Lay, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Priest, Lay, Transmission, Non-...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Nov 05 2011
Zen Mindfulness Beyond Self Constructs Serial: RB-02670 Seminar_Zen_and_Psychotherapy Practice, Monastic Practice, Consciousness	Richard Baker	Oct 2011 Kassel
The Heart of Our Forms Precepts, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Aspects of Practice, Family Practice,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 25 2011
Monastic Practice Serial: BZ-02206 Founding of Tassajara, Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Composure, American,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 24 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Fire Monks Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Equanimity, Monastic Practice, Don't Know Mind,...	Colleen Busch, David Zimmerman	Aug 06 2011
Zazenshin Class Discrimination, Subject-and-Object, Teacher-and-Student, Doubt, Separation, Dragons,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 09 2011 5
Cultivating Zen's European Future Serial: RB-01683H Seminar_The_Body_of_Attention Practice, Lay, Monastic Practice	Richard Baker	Jun 2011 Rastenberg
Monastic Harmony in Modern Practice Serial: RB-01683A Seminar_The_Body_of_Attention Practice, Meditation, Monastic Practice	Richard Baker	Jun 2011 Rastenberg
Embrace Sensing Beyond Conceptual Boundaries Serial: RB-01683F Seminar_The_Body_of_Attention Practice, Lay, Monastic Practice	Richard Baker	Jun 2011 Rastenberg
Our Approach To Practice Period Serial: BZ-02174 Peaceful and Harmonious Abiding, One-Day Sitting Sangha, Ango, Practice Period, Practice Period, Continuous Practice, Commitment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 07 2011 Berkeley Zen Center
Uncarved Zen: Monastic Meets Lay Serial: RB-01682I Seminar_What_Is_the_World? Practice, Lay, Monastic Practice	Richard Baker	Mar 2011 Johanneshof
White Ox: Zen's Path to Simplicity Serial: RB-01682H Seminar_What_Is_the_World? Practice, Lay, Monastic Practice	Richard Baker	Mar 2011 Johanneshof
Denkoroku Class - Ungo Doyo Daiosho Serial: BZ-02160 Study sesshin, part 4 of 4 Offering, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Evil, Demons, Intuition, Discrimination,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 20 2011 4
Lineage Precept Vein - Not One, Not Two Transmission, Precepts, Intuition, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission, Lineage,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Jan 15 2011
The Kalame Sutta Evil, Soto Zen, Doubt, Lineage, Monastic Practice, Happiness, Priest, Aspects of...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 10 2010
Building and Maintenance History of the Berkeley Zen Center Serial: BZ-02125 Sangha, Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Berkeley Zen Center, Sangha	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 11 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
Berkeley Zendo and Money Serial: BZ-02094 Mandalas, Saturday Lecture Sojun's early practice, Sangha, Supporting Practice Samsara, Sangha, Samsara, Building, Enemies, Nirvana, Practice Position, Culture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 17 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
March 22nd, 2010, Serial No. 03734 Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Monastic Practice	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 22 2010
Embodied Cosmos: Re-Braining Experience Serial: RB-02881 Practice-Period_Talks Time, Practice, Monastic Practice	Richard Baker	Mar 12 2010 Crestone
Zen Insights: Beyond Words and Thoughts Serial: RB-02872 Practice-Period_Talks Practice, Time, Monastic Practice	Richard Baker	Feb 05 2010 Crestone
Practicing Zen In Illness, Disability, and Old Age Ego, War, Monastic Practice, Priest, Mill Valley, Priest-and-Lay, Bodhisattva Vow,...	Chikudo Lew Richmond	Jan 30 2010
Dogen's Four Basic Teachings Serial: TL-00204 ADZG Sunday Morning, Dharma Talk Letting Go, Oneness, Attachment, Intention, Monastic Practice	Taigen Dan Leighton	Jan 24 2010 ADZG Temple
Women's Practice Intimacy, Attachment, Lineage, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma Transmission,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Jan 09 2010 Berkeley Zen Center
August 28th, 2009, Serial No. 01549, Side H American, Monastic Practice, training, Transmission, Blue Cliff Record, Culture,...		Aug 28 2009
Entering The Dragons Cave Blue Cliff Record, Four Noble Truths, Dragons, Monastic Practice, War, Enemies,...	Linda Galijan	Aug 01 2009
Letting Go Serial: BZ-02011 Saturday Lecture Big Mind, Composure, Birth-and-Death, Monastic Practice, Continuous Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 10 2009 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen Mind Beginner's Mind,: Right Effort; Serial No. 01069 Serial: BZ-01069 Sesshin Aspects of Practice, Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, Right Effort, Right Effort,...	Ron Nestor	Oct 19 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Perspective on Current Events Serial: BZ-01164 2008 Market Crash, Etc., Saturday Lecture Money, War, Enemies, Greed, Eight Aspects, Monastic Practice, Religion, Peace, Demons...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 11 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Beginner's Sitting; Serial No. 01163 Serial: BZ-01163 Beginners' Sesshin Zazen, Monastic Practice, Soto Zen, Religion, Don't Know Mind, Priest, Precepts...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Oct 05 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Practice at Berkeley Zen Center Serial: BZ-01108 Taking a Position, Saturday Lecture Practice Position, Humility, Monastic Practice, Beginners, Don't Know Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 12 2008 Berkeley Zen Center
Can I Trust This Practice? What Else is There? Serial: BZ-01104B Rohatsu Day 6 Renunciation, Monastic Practice, Book of Serenity, Peace, Bell, War, Ego, Greed,...	Mary Mocine	Dec 07 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Sitting All Together, Travels in Taiwan: BZC & INEB Sanghas; How Do We Keep Fresh Vitality? Serial: BZ-00997 Saturday Lecture Culture, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Ordination, Aspects of Practice, Silence,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 15 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo Kyokun Serial: BZ-00994B Teaching Retreat, part 1 of 2 Tenzo Kyokun, Ego, Monastic Practice, Concentration, Anger, Blue Cliff Record,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 2007 1 Berkeley Zen Center
BCR: Case #75: "Ukyû's Unfair Blows" Serial: BZ-00990 Kid Zendo, Saturday Lecture Ukyu, BCR-75, Giving-and-Taking, Teacher-and-Student, Absolute-and-Relative, Bell,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 18 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Practice Serial: BZ-00989 Being Creative in Practice, Saturday Lecture Practice, Creativity, Monastic Practice, Subject-and-Object, Daily Life, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 11 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
BCR: Case #74: "Kingyu Osho-Rice Pot" (Dear Bodhisattvas) Serial: BZ-00988 BCR: Case #93: "Taiko's 'You For Devil'", Saturday Lecture BCR-74, Buddha Mind, Gratitude, Fox, Monastic Practice, Dogen, Tassajara Zen Mountain...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Aug 04 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
July 17th, 2007, Serial No. 01276 Monastic Practice, Practice Period, Nirvana, Lay Practice, Soto Zen, Buddha Nature,...		Jul 17 2007
What Is It That Comes? Serial: BZ-01443 Nangaku Ejo asks Daikan Eno, Sesshin Day 4 Nangaku Ejo, Daikan Eno, Koan, Gaining Mind, Monastic Practice, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 23 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Guidelines for Practice Period Serial: BZ-01435 Lay Practice Period--Practice your self, not study the self, One-Day Sitting Practice Period, Practice Period, Pure Existence, Lay Practice, Patience, Daily Life...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 12 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
April 17th, 2007, Serial No. 01260 Practice Period, Priest, Lay, Monastic Practice, Karma, Gratitude, Ordination,...		Apr 17 2007
Commentary on "Brown Rice is Just Right" Serial: BZ-01401 Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 1 Suzuki Roshi, Teacher-and-Student, Pure Existence, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 27 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Precepts of Sexuality and Intoxication Serial: BZ-01049A Class 3 of 3 Precepts, Chanting, Branching Streams, Vow, Observe, Bell, Monastic Practice, Karma,...	Ross Blum	Nov 09 2006 3 Berkeley Zen Center
The Paramitas: Meditation Serial: BZ-01169A Sesshin Day 3 Samadhi, Composure, Renunciation, Right Effort, Big Mind, Monastic Practice, Peace,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Three Doors of Liberation Serial: BZ-01228 Emptiness, Signlessness, Aimlessness, One-Day Sitting Liberation, Emptiness, Discrimination, Non-discrimination, Oneness, Big Mind, Birth-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center

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