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In recent years, many Buddhist nuns have taken on leadership roles that require either ordination status or academic degrees, all of which was quite unheard of in Buddhist monastic traditions in the past.
The concept advocates an almost monastic outlook, including not getting married, not having children, not having a job, not owning property, and consuming as little as possible.
These saints had been assigned female at birth but lived out their lives as men in male monastic communities.
Anti-Blackness and transphobia are older than we thought | Roland Betancourt | June 16, 2021 | Washington Post
I’m so shocked that we continue to interview talent in that one to one monastic way.
The business imperative behind inclusion and diversity | Kim Davis | April 12, 2021 | Search Engine LandBy the way, if you went into monastic silence, then you’d probably be the exact same way, just by glaring.
Carolyn Hax: Her heart isn’t hurtful, but her voice can sound like it is | Carolyn Hax | April 8, 2021 | Washington PostChristianity spawned the monastic movement, originally in Egypt, that insisted upon peace, self-reliance, education and charity.
Karen Armstrong’s New Rule: Religion Isn’t Responsible for Violence | Patricia Pearson | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA similar monastic silence reigned, and the atmosphere was also of high seriousness and hygiene.
But his period of monastic seclusion officially comes to an end on Thursday.
A Youtube video of some jet-setting Buddhist monks has Thailand scrambling to crack down on materialism in the monastic ranks.
Jet-Setting Video of Thai Buddhist Monks Causes Scandal | Erin Cunningham | June 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis should be manifestly clear this morning even to the most monastic heirs of David Broder.
In short, Marcella had been too long under her tuition, to become a willing devotee to the monastic rites of the Romish Church.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterAmple tolerance of all religions and sects, but abolition and expulsion of all monastic Orders.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanA bill brought into the English parliament vesting in the crown all the property of the monastic institutions.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellImagine, nowadays, I am often drawn towards the monastic life, or something similar.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyThe girl leaned over and remade my monastic white cot, giving the pillow a final pat to smooth it.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
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