Sveriges mest populära poddar

The House of Inner Tranquillity Podcast

S4 Ep3: Discussion Show September 2020 "Full-Time Training"

44 min • 4 september 2020
Brother Theo is a Buddhist monk at the Monastery of Absolute Harmony. Together with Paul Harris, the Spiritual Director of the Centre, they discuss the life of a full-time monastic.

Running Order:

00.00 What are the conditions and requirements for someone to come into full-time training?
08:40 What is the difference between the way of training practiced here and the approach in which people might ‘pick and mix’ their spiritual pathway?
19:20 In becoming a full-time recluse, is there a sense of joining an established lineage that supports the students and allows them to tap into the richness of the tradition?
26:20 What is the value and importance of the lay community in relation to the full time recluses?
28:50 How has providing the teaching changed with the different context caused by the pandemic?
35:40 Paul asks Brother Theo about his experiences of coming in for full-time training.






00:00 -00:00