In a quiet Franciscan
In a quiet Franciscan monastery kind and silent monks looked after me. After many weeks I was discharged. Unfit for further service. Ernst Toller
Monasteries
Possession of books denounced
Possession of books denounced as heretical was made a criminal offense. Copies of such books were burned and destroyed. But in Upper Egypt, someone, possibly a monk from a nearby monastery of St Pachomius, took the banned books and hid them from destruction – in the jar where they remained buried for almost 1,600 years. … Read more
My most important projects
My most important projects have been the building and maintaining of schools and medical clinics for my dear friends in the Himalaya and helping restore their beautiful monasteries, too. Edmund Hillary
Father monks, why do
Father monks, why do you fast! Why do you expect reward in heaven for that?…No, saintly monk, you try being virtuous in the world, do good to society, without shutting yourself up in a monastery at other people’s expense, and without expecting a reward up aloft for it–you’ll find that a bit harder. Fyodor Dostoevsky
When you visit the
When you visit the Zen Monasteries, one of the first things required is that you bring a donation. They have to pay for those monasteries. The upkeep is fantastic. The monks have to be fed, and so on. Frederick Lenz
Combine meditation with career
Combine meditation with career as a yoga. You will find that your practice will not be any less powerful than a person who lives in a monastery. You might even excel because practice in a monastery can get very one-sided. Frederick Lenz
I think to be
I think to be in a monastery or an ashram is not always the answer because we don’t fight, we kick back. We don’t listen to Sri Krishna. Frederick Lenz
The person who\’s in
The person who’s in the Zen monastery, who’s doing a kind of poor job at meditating and a half-ass job cleaning the gardens is not doing very good yoga. Frederick Lenz
The spirit of the
The spirit of the West, of America, is different than the East. The cultural conditioning is very different. It seems to be harder for people to work in teams, more difficult for people here to live in harmony, in a monastery. Frederick Lenz
I think one can
I think one can advance faster outside a monastery if you use the experiences of daily life to advance yourself. Frederick Lenz