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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
Sunday Lecture Practice Period, Renunciation, Monastic Practice, Karma, Letting Go, Bell, Tassajara...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 01 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Priest Practice Serial: BZ-00341B Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest, Commitment, Lay, Lay Practice, Lineage, Monastic Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 31 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Turning Toward The Dark Serial: SF-03641 Sesshin Lecture: The activity is below the ground - the re-enactment of Buddha's enlightenment story Precepts, Monastic Practice, Posture, Zazen, Birth-and-Death, Dragons, Book of...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 01 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Eights Aspects Enlightened Person/Right Samadhi Serial: BZ-00324A Saturday Lecture Eight Aspects, Enlightenment, Samadhi, Chanting, Composure, Concentration, Eight...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 02 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Genjo Koan workshop Serial: SF-03185 To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion, that myriad...' Delusion itself is the agency of my enlightenment; totally enter delusion and embrace it and... Delusion, Realization, Precepts, Emotions, Subject-and-Object, Monastic Practice,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jun 14 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Precepts Serial: BZ-00538 Class 3 of 6 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 22 1997 3 Berkeley Zen Center
May 22nd, 1997, Serial No. 01459, Side A Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Teacher-and-Student, Vinaya, Intimacy,...		May 22 1997
The Most Important Thing: Just This As It Is Gratitude, Suzuki Roshi, Monastic Practice, Don't Know Mind, Practice Period,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Apr 26 1997
Practice Period Commitment Serial: BZ-00362B Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Precepts, Dharma Transmission,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 26 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Life of Buddha Serial: BZ-00848 Class 3 of 6 Heart Sutra, Dependent Origination, Monkey Mind, Renunciation, Liberation, Karma,...	Maylie Scott	Mar 27 1997 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Interdependence/Temple Volunteers Serial: BZ-00782A Saturday Lecture Interdependence, Community, Sangha, Bell, Conversation, Dogen, Ego, Interdependence,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 01 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Discussing Suzuki-rôshi Lecture #12 Serial: BZ-00117 Lecture Beginners, Birth-and-Death, Family Practice, Lay Practice, Lotus Sutra, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 22 1997 Unknown
Theravada Tradition Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Cultivation, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra, Monastic...	Ajahn Amaro	Jan 11 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #41 Serial: BZ-00790B Ashes in the Students' Eyes., Saturday Lecture BCR-41, Bodhidharma, Buddha Nature, Ego, Hindrances, Lay, Monastic Practice, Oneness...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 12 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
The Eight Stages of Monastic Life Serial: SF-03132 Sunday Lecture - monastic way of wholeness, a sacred way, a sacred place, a clear pace that lives at the bottom of our hearts and is reflected back to us in a religious life.... Monastic Practice, Lineage, Commitment, Letting Go, Practice Period, Renunciation,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 29 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Wednesday Lecture Hsin Hsin Ming, Zazen, Ordination, Practice Period, Obstacles, Mahayana, Anger,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Aug 14 1996 Unknown
Refuge in the Triple Treasure Three Treasures, Monastic Practice, Lay Practice, Priest-and-Lay, Ceremony, Lay,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	May 22 1996 Unknown
Open Heart, Enlightened Spirit Practice Period, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Zazen, Three Treasures,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	May 11 1996 Unknown
Work Practice (Fushin Samu) Serial: BZ-00804B Saturday Lecture Work, Monastic Practice, Concentration, Daily Life, Ego, Interview, Karma, Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 11 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Setting the Tone for Practice Period Serial: BZ-00805B Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Family Practice, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 05 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Sunday Lecture Serial: SF-03636 Cassette side B is labeled for a Sunday talk by Tenshin Reb Anderson on the same date - incorrect Perfect Wisdom, Emptiness, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Ordination,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 24 1996 Green Gulch Farm
Vimalakirti Sutra Serial: BZ-00244 Class 1 of 5 Ordinary Mind, Mahayana, Monastic Practice, Gratitude, Liberation, Lay, Heart Sutra,...	Maylie Scott	Feb 29 1996 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Disendarkment Serial: BZ-00818B Lecture Bodhidharma, Monastic Practice, Peace, Hate, Ego, Silence, Happiness, Thoroughness,...	Ajahn Amaro	Nov 25 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Evolving Vows: Tradition Meets Modernity Serial: NC-00132 Rule of Benedict Novice Class # 1 - 1990s OSB Cam, Vow, Commitment, Addiction, Monastic Practice, Impermanence	Bruno Barnhart	Oct 24 1995
God/Karma Serial: BZ-00977B Saturday Lecture Religion, Karma, Big Mind, Daily Life, Giving-and-Taking, Happiness, Lotus Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
One-day Sitting Silence, Posture, Monastic Practice, Emotions, Letting Go, Ego, Soto Zen, confusion,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Apr 22 1995 Unknown
Takubetsu Sesshin Serial: BZ-00743 Sesshin Dharma Transmission, Gratitude, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, Priest, Soto Zen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 05 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Chiji Shinji and Metta Sutta: Shosan Replies Serial: BZ-00765 Class 10 of 10 Continuous Practice, Culture, Humility, Mindfulness, Monastic Practice, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 31 1995 10 Tassajara
Tokubetsu Sesshin Gratitude, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Transmission, Big Mind, Anger, Lay, Faith,...	Genpo Merzel	Mar 28 1995
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00742 Lecture Monastic Practice, Tassajara, Culture, Practice Period, Enemies, Building, Politics,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 1995 Tassajara
Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Chiji Shingi Serial: BZ-00756 Class 1 of 10 Bell, Monastic Practice, Precepts, Priest, Sixth Patriarch, Soto Zen, Tassajara...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 16 1995 1 Tassajara
Contemplative Prayer Serial: NC-00927 Contemplative Prayer class Fasting, Discrimination, First Principle, Intuition, Monastic Practice	Robert Hale	Sep 14 1994 2 of 7 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Title Unknown Big Mind, Commitment, Culture, Doubt, Monastic Practice, Religion, Separation,...	Sr. Mary John	Jul 20 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Contemplative Prayer Serial: NC-00881 Contemplative Prayer Class OSB Cam, Monastic Practice, Emptiness, Darkness-and-Light	Bruno Barnhart	May 31 1994 3 of 11 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Tozan's Poem Serial: BZ-00962B No Gap; Don't Objectify, Saturday Lecture Tozan, Subject-and-Object, Separation, Practice Period, Subject-and-Object, Book of...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 16 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Essence of Zen Serial: BZ-00227 Class 3 of 3 Precepts, Practice Period, Priest, Culture, Dream World, Lay, Ordination, Interview,...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Mar 02 1994 3 Berkeley Zen Center
The Meeting of American Culture and Buddhism Serial: SF-00103 Lecture Series Right Speech, Tassajara, Fox, Half-Smile, Lay, Emptiness, Concentration, Monastic...	Jane Hirshfield	Mar 01 1994 City Center
Mountain Practice, City Practice; Renunciation Serial: BZ-00959B Leaving for Tassajara, Saturday Lecture Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Renunciation, Cultivation, Family Practice, Four Noble...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 08 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Contemplation and Inner Experience Serial: NC-00710 Class on contemplative prayer using Thomas Merton's The Inner Experience. Class III Contemplative Prayer Set 1 of 2 OSB Cam, Monastic Practice, Emptiness, Darkness-and-Light	Bruno Barnhart	1994 3 of 10 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Monastic History Serial: NC-00329 Monastic History Class OSB Cam, Demons, Monastic Practice	Peter-Damian Belisle	Dec 31 1993 6 of 34 New Camaldoli Hermitage
1993 Parliament of World Religions Serial: BZ-00628A Seeking Common Ground, Sesshin Day 1 Religion, Current Events, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Hate, Manjushri, Monastic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Practice in Malaysia: Mindfulness and Loving Kindness Serial: BZ-00655B Lecture Building, Cultivation, Daily Life, Emotions, Lay, Mindfulness, Monastic Practice,...	Reverend Piyasilo	Aug 14 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Transmission of Light Serial: BZ-00212 Class 1 of 5 Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Lay, Lineage, Monastic Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 06 1993 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Buddhism Serial: BZ-00270 Class 6 of 6 Four Noble Truths, Enemies, Mahayana, Impermanence, Anger, Attachment, Monastic...	Myoan Grace Schireson	Apr 22 1993 6 Berkeley Zen Center
Tea Ceremony: The Meeting of Host and Guest Serial: BZ-00285A Lecture Bodhidharma, Impermanence, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, New Year, Separation, Silence...	Fu Schroeder	Mar 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Precepts: Overview and First Precept Serial: BZ-00616 Class 1 of 6 Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Lineage, Mahayana, Ordination, Bodhidharma, Monastic...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Jan 14 1993 1 Berkeley Zen Center
Spiritual Teaching of the Brief Rule of Saint Romuald Serial: NC-00037 Part of "Spiritual Teaching of the Brief Rule of Saint Romuald" Talk #1 is missing. Archival Photo OSB Cam, Emotions, Monastic Practice, Compassion, Intimacy, Observe	John Powell	1993 2 of 4 (#1 missing) New Camaldoli Hermitage
Monastic Spirituality for the Christian in the World Serial: NC-00080B Monastic Spirituality for the Christian in the World Archival Photo OSB Cam, Monastic Practice, Ego, Enthusiasm, Intention	Robert Hale	1993 2 of 6 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Monastic Spirituality for the Christian in the World Serial: NC-00081B Monastic Spirituality for the Christian in the World Archival Photo OSB Cam, Vow, Balance, Commitment, Monastic Practice, Intention	Robert Hale	1993 4 of 6 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Monastic Spirituality for the Christian in the World Serial: NC-00080A Monastic Spirituality for the Christian in the World Archival Photo OSB Cam, Balance, Monastic Practice, Renewal, Vow	Robert Hale	1993 1 of 6 New Camaldoli Hermitage

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