{"id":1905,"date":"2018-10-14T20:30:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T18:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hp-design.at\/palpung\/lineage\/practising-buddhism\/monastic-life\/"},"modified":"2020-03-12T15:24:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T14:24:24","slug":"monastic-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/en\/practising-buddhism\/monastic-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Monastic Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-9987398a744adc1b1c578a701b51c21f\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-9987398a744adc1b1c578a701b51c21f{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-9987398a744adc1b1c578a701b51c21f .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-9987398a744adc1b1c578a701b51c21f .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-9987398a744adc1b1c578a701b51c21f av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_image  avia-builder-el-first '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Ordained Monastic Life<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jqfldt5e-82aac0666371d95833c1bf35f31cb5a4\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jqfldt5e-82aac0666371d95833c1bf35f31cb5a4 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jqfldt5e-82aac0666371d95833c1bf35f31cb5a4 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jqfldt5e-82aac0666371d95833c1bf35f31cb5a4 av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-26559 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-26559 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PalEu-monastic.jpg\" alt='' title='PalEu monastic'  height=\"500\" width=\"750\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PalEu-monastic.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PalEu-monastic-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PalEu-monastic-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PalEu-monastic-735x490.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.palpung.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/PalEu-monastic-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jnyyedu3-3ee09a073998019d3b15ade3095cf51d '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Someone considering to live a life in ordination and to request the vows of a nun or monk does it with the intention to give up worldly life with all its distraction and to create the space to practice spirituality.<\/p>\n<p>The many monastic vows serve as protection, forming a fence, hence procuring us with all the freedom to live up to our strive. We may be astonished to hear that a multitude of rules are supposed to grant us freedom because actually we only know of restrictions as hindrances. But look at sports people who spend uncountable hours a day to come up to their profession or manager who spend their lives more in their jobs as with their fellow men. Both adhere to a particular system, reglementing their doing in order for their\u00a0focusing to become even more effective.<\/p>\n<p>It is somewhat similar for ordained ones. We want to optimize that which is the most precious to our lives by all means and optimize our strive. Only the promise not to take any intoxicants any more gives us so increcibly much space \u2013 mentally because we do not have to think about if, how, with whom and where we want to get intoxicated as much as practically: the time we would use for the contrive of possible strategies, means, etc is now being used to tame our minds and to practice spirituality.<\/p>\n<p>The first step into ordained life is the strong decision to give up the life of someone bound to a household and instead live a life of absolute simplicity. If we only have some kind of affinity for the outer appearance of a\u00a0renunciate or dwell in romantic ideas of monastic life we will certainly shipwreck soon and endamage the esteem of the community.<\/p>\n<p>Ordination as a <a href=\"\/en\/practising-buddhism\/monastic-life\/getsuel-ma\/\">getsul\/ma<\/a> comprises the first monastic vows of a noviciate. 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