#Monasticism
What Theravada Can Teach Us
Western Tibetan monastics are struggling. Our tradition offers the university education, but we've forgotten to build the primary school. And without that foundation, fewer and fewer people will make it to graduation...
How to Keep Tibetan Monasticism Alive
What Theravada Can Teach Us
There Are No Mahayana Monasteries
When we examine what we call "Mahāyāna" monasteries, we discover something quite surprising to many: they are, institutionally speaking, Śrāvaka communities that happen to study and practice based on Mahāyāna literature...
At least, not in the way we think
There Are No Mahayana Monasteries
Arya Mūlasarvāstivādin Sramanera Karika
A concise guide to the daily conduct, precepts, and training of a Buddhist novice monk, covering everything from morning recitations to the four pārājikas, food-timing rules, and the practice of wakefulness...
Verses for the Novice Monks of the Mūlasarvāstivāda
Arya Mūlasarvāstivādin Sramanera Karika
Vinaya Schools Network Diagram
This diagram represents a simplified view of Buddhist institutional development. The actual historical development was likely more complex and non-linear though...
A diagram representing the development of monastic institutions
Vinaya Schools Network Diagram