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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
Decision to Focus on Practice and Role of the Teacher Serial: BZ-00420A Saturday Lecture Practice, Teacher-and-Student, Monastic Practice, Non-discrimination, Discrimination...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 07 1984 Berkeley Zen Center
The Dharma of Mindfulness: Tassajara Gathas Serial: BZ-00903A Saturday Lecture Mindfulness, Tassajara, Gathas, Mindfulness, Monastic Practice, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 05 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Introduction to Study Period Serial: BZ-00417A Saturday Lecture Study Period, Study Period, Monastic Practice, New Year, Daily Life, Commitment, Lay...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 08 1983 Berkeley Zen Center
Lectio Divina: Soul of Monastic Life Serial: NC-00701 Monastic Spirituality Set 12 of 12 Concentration, Demons, Monastic Practice, Renewal	Bruno Barnhart	Aug 05 1983
Blue Cliff Record, Case #80: Does a Baby Have the 6th Consciousness? Serial: BZ-00033 Saturday Lecture Consciousness, Storehouse Consciousness, Monastic Practice, Discrimination, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 31 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Study Period Practice/The Six Paramitas Lay Practice Serial: BZ-00013 Lecture Study Period, Monastic Practice, Daily Life, Commitment, Mahayana, Patience, Precepts...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 27 1982 Berkeley Zen Center
Ancient Roots of Spiritual Humility Serial: NC-00686 Monastic Spirituality Set 5 of 12 Monastic Practice, Ego, Daily Life, Intention, Fasting	Bruno Barnhart	Jan 13 1982
The Three Treasures Serial: BZ-00023 Saturday Lecture Three Treasures, Precepts, Effort, Chanting, Daily Life, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 14 1981 Berkeley Zen Center
Application of the Practice - Feminism and Buddhism in the Diamond Sangha Emptiness, Realization, Heart Sutra, Monastic Practice, Sangha, Lay, Separation,...	Susan Murcott	Aug 14 1981 1
Dining Room class Silence, Current Events, Religion, Monastic Practice, Faith, Sanctuary, Fox, Patience...	Brother David Steindl-Rast	Jun 14 1981 1 Tassajara
Right Effort and Right Thought Serial: BZ-00026A Saturday Lecture Right Effort, Right Thought, Noble Eightfold Path, Study, Focus, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 15 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
November 15, 1980, Serial No. 01061 Attachment, Daily Life, Hindrances, Monastic Practice, Right Effort, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 15 1980 Berkeley Zen Center
Monastic Life Serial: SF-00007A Early Christian mystics; Benedictine regulations, the rule of obedience; manifestation of God in the world. Realization, Conversation, Ego, Monastic Practice, Transmission, Beginners,...	Father Prior Bruno	Feb 07 1974 Tassajara
The Monastic Tradition Serial: SF-00131 How to deal with peak experiences in our lives. Monastic Practice, Silence, Gratitude, Evil, Cultivation, Conversation, Lay,...	Brother David Steindl-Rast	Feb 26 1973
The Monastic Tradition Serial: SF-00132 Monastic experience across religious traditions. Emptiness, Monastic Practice, Religion, Anger, Bell, Silence, Don't Know Mind...	Brother David Steindl-Rast	Feb 26 1973 2
Manifesting Buddha Nature Through Discipline New Year, Monastic Practice, Buddha Nature, Three Treasures, Delusion, Posture,...	Katagiri Roshi	Mar 17 1972
Present Without Projections Bell, Buddha Nature, Consciousness, Discrimination, Monastic Practice, Separation,...	Katagiri Roshi	Nov 27 1971
Bridging Wisdom: Buddhism Meets Christianity Ceremony, confusion, Culture, Ego, Instruction, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Monastic...	Katagiri Roshi	Jul 06 1971
Ego's Illusion and Mindful Growth Buddha Nature, Ego, Enthusiasm, Evil, Meditation, Mindfulness, Monastic Practice,...	Katagiri Roshi	Jul 1971
Leaping Beyond Self: Zen Awakening Concentration, confusion, Evil, Meditation, Monastic Practice, Pain, Religion,...	Katagiri Roshi	Dec 05 1970
Zen Alchemy: Embracing Practice's Magic Building, Chanting, Discrimination, Monastic Practice, Oneness, Pain, Silence,...	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 16 1970
The Zen of Going to the Rest Room Ummon, Tangaryo, Attachment, Big Mind, Culture, Don't Know Mind, Enemies,...	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 29 1970 City Center
Way-Seeking Mind Serial: SF-05361 Saturday Lecture Of March Sesshin Saturday, March 28, 1970 San Francisco Way-Seeking Mind, Sesshin, Monastic Practice, Peace	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 28 1970 City Center
Practice Should Not Be Perfect, So Descendants Have Something To Do Serial: SR-00203 Winter Sesshin Lecture No. 4 Tuesday, December 2, 1969 Sesshin, Dogen, Anger, Breath, Building, difficulty, Monastic Practice, Transmission...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 02 1969 Tassajara
Navigating Zen Training in Japan Japan, Monastic Practice, Time	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Oct 18 1969
Everyday Zen: Path to Enlightenment Bell, difficulty, Ego, Emotions, Meditation, Monastic Practice, Religion	Katagiri Roshi	Aug 26 1969
Our Way To Attain Liberation Serial: SF-05087B Tassajara Story of the Sixth Patriarch. Practice with everyone else at the monastery, without self-centered ideas. Answering student questions. Dan Gourley reel... Sixth Patriarch, Monastic Practice, Japan, Sixth Patriarch, Practice, Time	Suzuki Roshi	Aug 21 1969 Tassajara
Embracing Change Through Mindful Balance Ceremony, Concentration, Delusion, Instruction, Meditation, Monastic Practice...	Katagiri Roshi	Jul 22 1969
Zen Clarity Through Communal Practice Silence, Monastic Practice, Delusion, Birth-and-Death, Community, Obstacles, Balance...	Katagiri Roshi	Jul 03 1969
Beyond Perceptions: Embracing Buddha's World Beginners, Buddha Mind, Ceremony, Continuous Practice, Lotus Sutra, Monastic Practice...	Katagiri Roshi	Apr 12 1969
Our Practice Should Be Based On The Idea Of Selflessness Serial: SR-00012 Sunday Morning, March 16, 1969 Monastic Practice, Truth	Suzuki Roshi	Mar 16 1969
Inner Power of Practice Serial: SF-05137A SR017 - Track 1 - slow - Roshi Lecture - 12/2/67 - afternoon - copied Sesshin, Blue Cliff Record, Concentration, Buddha Nature, Conversation, Precepts,...	Suzuki Roshi	Dec 02 1967 Tassajara
KPFA Radio Interview with Elsa Knight Thompson Serial: SF-05115 Monday, November 6, 1967 KPFA RADIO INTERVIEW WITH ELSA KNIGHT THOMPSON [Originally misdated - Friday, February 18, 1966] Lecture B KPFA/KPFB Studio,... Interview, Don't Know Mind, Nirvana, Monastic Practice, Evil, Samsara, Practice...	Suzuki Roshi	Nov 06 1967 KPFA Berkeley
Study Yourself Serial: SF-05123B ===== Awakening the Archive - Tape #4, by Shundo David Haye ===== "I always felt his best Zen talks were the ones he gave on Thursday mornings in my home. They were... Dogen, Genjokoan, Rinzai, Monastic Practice, Instruction, Hate, Doubt	Suzuki Roshi	Sep 09 1965 Los Altos
Unknown Title, Serial 00754 Building, Monastic Practice, Tassajara, Politics, Commitment, Interview, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman
Unknown Title, Serial 00757, Side B Serial: BZ-00757B Class Practice Period, Attachment, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Karma, Non-duality,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Tassajara
Zen Paths: Bridging Traditions and Transformation Building, confusion, Monastic Practice, Politics, Intuition, Community, Culture, Don...	Katagiri Roshi
Unity in Monastic Vows Serial: NC-00698 Monastic Spirituality Set 4 of 12 Vow, Commitment, Balance, Monastic Practice, Realization	Bruno Barnhart
Zen and the Dance of Culture Practice, Monastic Practice, Time	Zentatsu Richard Baker
Zen and Psychology: Bridging Minds Serial: RB-01697A Seminar_The_Integrity_of_Being_9 Monastic Practice, Buddhism, Zazen	Zentatsu Richard Baker
Transmitting the Light Serial: BZ-00778 Class Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Continuous Practice, Lay, Lineage, Monastic Practice...	Sojun Mel Weitsman
June 6th, 2002, Serial No. 01013, Side A Addiction, Bowing, Buddha Nature, Chanting, Concentration, Dragons, Ego, Monastic...
The Paramitas: Meditation Serial: BZ-01169A Sesshin Day 3 Big Mind, Composure, Monastic Practice, Patience, Peace, Renunciation, Right Effort,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Berkeley Zen Center
Aspects of Practice: Precepts of Sexuality and Intoxication Serial: BZ-01049A Class 3 of 3 Addiction, Bell, Branching Streams, Chanting, Karma, Monastic Practice, Observe,...	Ross Blum	3 Berkeley Zen Center
Commentary on "Brown Rice is Just Right" Serial: BZ-01401 Suzuki-rôshi's lecture in "Not Always So", Rohatsu Day 1 Suzuki Roshi, Big Mind, Duality, Monastic Practice, Nirvana, Offering, Rinzai, Sixth...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Berkeley Zen Center
Zendo Cooking Serial: BZ-00485 Class 1 of 4 Bell, Conversation, Hate, Instruction, Interview, Manjushri, Monastic Practice,...	Mary Mocine	1 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths: Nirvana Serial: BZ-00443 Class 3 of 4 Monastic Practice, Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Four Noble Truths, Heart Sutra,...	Mary Mocine	3 Berkeley Zen Center
Liberation Through Tibetan Monastic Life Community, Culture, Happiness, Liberation, Lineage, Meditation, Monastic Practice,...	Katagiri Roshi
Monasticism: Catalyst for Societal Transformation Community, Compassion, Culture, Dragons, Enemies, Hate, Meditation, Monastic Practice...	Katagiri Roshi
Bridging Monastic Paths and Western Life Commitment, Community, Culture, Happiness, Heart Sutra, Lay, Monastic Practice,...	Katagiri Roshi

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