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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
How To Respond To A Practice Period Serial: BZ-00441A Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Lay Practice, Monastic Practice, Nirvana, Lay,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 17 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Eight Social Practices of the Buddha Serial: SF-03230 One-day sitting lecture: 1 - Guided meditation; 2 - eight ways of activity and cultivation: 1-4 inward, 5-8 ways to be in the world; four unlimited practices Letting Go, Happiness, Cultivation, Monastic Practice, Equanimity, Peace,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Jul 20 1998 Green Gulch Farm
From Meditation to Communal Worship Serial: NC-00291 Liturgy Class Chanting, Monastic Practice, Instruction, Ceremony, Bell		May 20 1998
Tracing Prayer: From Desert to Cathedral Serial: NC-00293 Liturgy Class Chanting, Instruction, Ceremony, Lineage, Monastic Practice		May 12 1998
Prayers Uniting Hearts and Voices Serial: NC-00290 Liturgy Class Instruction, Monastic Practice, Ceremony, Daily Life, Enthusiasm		Apr 01 1998
Sunday Lecture Letting Go, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Karma, Practice Period...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Feb 01 1998 Green Gulch Farm
Priest Practice Serial: BZ-00341B Saturday Lecture Practice, Priest, Priest, Ordination, Renunciation, Lay, Lay Practice, Commitment,...	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 Birth-and-Death, Posture, Dragons, Book of Serenity, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 01 1997 Green Gulch Farm
Eights Aspects Enlightened Person/Right Samadhi Serial: BZ-00324A Saturday Lecture Eight Aspects, Enlightenment, Samadhi, Samadhi, Concentration, Eight Aspects,...	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, Interdependence, Monastic Practice, Dogen,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 01 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Discussing Suzuki-rôshi Lecture #12 Serial: BZ-00117 Lecture Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Birth-and-Death, Beginners, Monkey...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 22 1997 Unknown
Theravada Tradition Four Noble Truths, Monastic Practice, Precepts, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Heart...	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, Ego, Monastic Practice, Priest, Buddha Nature, Lay, Bodhidharma, 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
Work Practice (Fushin Samu) Serial: BZ-00804B Saturday Lecture Work, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Samadhi, Concentration, Practice Period,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 11 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Open Heart, Enlightened Spirit Repentance, Precepts, Zazen, Practice Period, Three Treasures, Ceremony, Monastic...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	May 11 1996 Unknown
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 Practice Period, Ordination, Perfect Wisdom, Emptiness, Ceremony, Monastic Practice,...	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, Giving-and-Taking, Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Lotus Sutra, Big...	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, Transmission, American, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 05 1995 Green Gulch Farm
Chiji Shinji and Metta Sutta: Shosan Replies Serial: BZ-00765 Class 10 of 10 Culture, American, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Practice Period, Humility, Non-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 31 1995 10 Tassajara
Tokubetsu Sesshin Faith, Ceremony, Big Mind, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Emotions, Gratitude, Lay...	Genpo Merzel	Mar 28 1995
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00742 Lecture Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Culture, Practice Period, Enemies,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 10 1995 Tassajara
Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Chiji Shingi Serial: BZ-00756 Class 1 of 10 Priest, Soto Zen, Bell, Monastic Practice, Sixth Patriarch, Precepts, Tassajara Zen...	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 Silence, Monastic Practice, Commitment, Culture, Religion, American, Big Mind,...	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 Zen Mountain Center, Fox, Half-Smile, Lay, Emptiness,...	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, Soto Zen, Four Noble Truths...	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, Monastic Practice, Demons	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, Religion, American, Politics, Separation, Buddha Nature,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Lay Practice in Malaysia: Mindfulness and Loving Kindness Serial: BZ-00655B Lecture Monastic Practice, Precepts, Religion, American, Emotions, Mindfulness, Daily Life,...	Piyasilo	Aug 14 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Transmission of Light Serial: BZ-00212 Class 1 of 5 Monastic Practice, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Teacher-and-Student, Continuous...	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 Intimacy, New Year, Monastic Practice, Teacher-and-Student, Silence, American,...	Fu Nancy Schroeder	Mar 20 1993 Berkeley Zen Center

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