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Ask A Buddhist: Entering Monastic Life

If you have not spent time at a monastery, it is quite common to have rich fantasies about what monastics do.

Young Spokanite seeks Buddhist ordination

Nathan Conover left Spokane with a full head of hair, a stubbly beard and a wardrobe common to most 23 years old.

Now, just more than a month later, he’s donning white robes and shaved head at Wat Marp Jan , a monastery in a Thailand forest, where he’s serving as a pakow (or anagarika) and preparing to for Buddhist ordination.

What happens when Holy Week isn’t just history?

Living in a monastery means Holy Week is a special, profound time. Our lives are oriented around the liturgical calendar. But I...

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