Monastic Academy

We stand for caring for all living beings. It is important at a moment like this to be clear that it is wrong to murder and wrong to lie about murder.

We're bringing our sacred training space to you through our new Virtual Zendo! Drop into stillness, depth, and friendship in an upcoming session. - mailchi.mp/monastic/new-v…

Tune into another episode of MAPLE Live, today at 11am ET. Kish and Dan are back, presenting on the theme of "Wisdom to Interrupt." We'll hear a clip from the recent silent meditation retreat, and then interview Willow resident Vīrabhadra. Watch here: youtu.be/8-MluS8PkK4

Update: If you give to Monastic Academy in the next few hours, Facebook will likely match your donation! facebook.com/donate/3077152…

Thanks for your ongoing support during our fall fundraiser! Your generous contribution will support our mission to create awakened leaders who transform the human mind to address existential risk. Link to our FB Fundraiser here: facebook.com/donate/3077152…

Join the Monastic Academy, Darren Silver, and Dayna Seraye in a 4-day immersion this February, as we use rhythm and movement to go beyond the mind—into the realm of body and soul—to access our essential nature and unique medicine. More info & tickets here: ow.ly/ogJm50GUz8r

As the Monastic Academy begins another awakening period, here's a throwback to Renshin's opening talk for our previous awakening period. If you'd like to hear more on this subject, check out the video interview we did with Ren here: youtu.be/k9XqmNcK-0w

Did you know that you can help support 20 modern monastics training 16 hours a day? For $36 you can feed a community member, such as Ādityá or Karuṇā, for a week. Check out this post for more information on our annual fall fundraiser: ow.ly/f2yp50GKs6O

@alxheller @effektivspenden We are so grateful for your support, Alex! 💕🙏🏻

@effektivspenden 7/ 🧘‍♂️ @MonasticAcademy because I would love to see monasteries flourish in the Western world and wish I could have trained at a monastery in my young adult life

✨💪 @tasshinfogleman challenged me to tweet about the organizations I currently support and why I support them so HERE GOES (…psst #9 is a surprise reveal! 🤩)

@MonasticAcademy is doing collapse simulation experiments.

A #metamodernist riddle: The problem for the human species, is not that we don't solve problems... It's that our solutions are bigger problems than the problems we try to solve with such solutions. -- Soryu Forall @MonasticAcademy

Due to technical difficulties, we'll be having a redux of our MAPLE Live episode tonight at 5:30pm ET. Come hang out with us and learn how to more powerfully participate in life!

Tune into MAPLE Live tomorrow (10/30) at 11am ET. This week's episode will be on Powerful Participation in Life, and we'll be interviewing resident Renshin, who led our most recent awakening week! Link here: youtu.be/GPvgtucfZkI

It looks like we didn't get enough positive signal on this to move forward with this offering right now. But we'll keep people in mind who liked this tweet for the future!

If you're interested in such an experience of community, give this tweet a like. We'll reach out and clarify exactly what you'd like out of the experience!

At Monastic Academy, we have a beautiful ceremony called a vow commitment ceremony. It's a time for reflecting on our reason for being, our vow, our purpose, our soul's calling. 🧵

That's why we're considering creating a whole free course on introspecting on, processing, and creating inner harmony with our emotions and actions. If you're interested, sign up here: monasticacademy.com/free-course-on…

In August, we posted this popular thread, framing emotions as a kind of ethical intelligence. It got us thinking: dealing with emotions can be hard! How can we know if we are trustworthy? How can our emotional life guide us towards ethical action? (1/2) twitter.com/MonasticAcadem…

Check out the latest MAPLE Monthly Newsletter ~ Harmony is Best 🌀 - mailchi.mp/monastic/maple…