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In Praise of the Monastic Experience, a Taste of Chinese Buddhism

Posted on August 9, 2018by Teahouse

In July I read the account of a philosopher spending time at the famous Trappist monastery called the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. This is the place where Thomas Merton lived for a while in the 1960s. Reflecting on the beauty and simplicity of monastic vocation, the philosopher wondered, “why do so few people choose […]

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