One Strategy to Torture the Kilesas
A Theravada monk expounds on the benefits of fasting to aid in one’s virtue and meditation practice.
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Meet a Teacher: Ayya Soma
A Theravada bhikkhuni challenges gender divisions in monasticism.
My Time in Robes
A former monastic reflects on their time as a fully ordained bhikkhu and why they eventually made the decision to return to lay life.
Pain and Resilience Among Taiwan’s Buddhist Nuns
A writer and PhD candidate on how modern monastics use Buddhist teachings when dealing with death and suffering
Finding the Ox’s Footprints
Leaving home, resistance, and love
The Sign of the Renunciant
On being a “sometimes secular” religious Buddhist—as a monk
Women’s Ordination, Past and Present
A cofounder of the Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women reflects on the progress that has been made toward full ordination for women—and the challenges that still remain.
COVID Inside the Monastery
Thai monks recount their experience during the pandemic
Zen Monastic Practices at Home
Is it possible—and necessary—to incorporate Zen monastic practices into our everyday lives? A Zen priest shares his advice.
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