Monasticism

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Abbots and abbesses are elected by the community rather than appointed from outside A monastery timetable runs from before dawn and leaves little unscheduled time Monastic brewing and cheese-making grew out of the need to fund a community Vows of poverty and obedience are renewed before they become permanent Monasteries now run retreat centres and guesthouses to support themselves The novitiate exists so candidates can leave before making a lifelong commitment Monastic numbers are falling in Europe and rising in parts of Africa and Asia Enclosed nuns see visitors through a grille and rarely leave the convent grounds Grand silence is kept in some houses from evening until morning prayer Buddhist monks on alms rounds depend on the neighborhood for one meal a day Lay oblates follow a monastic rule while living and working outside Mount Athos has banned women for a thousand years and that rule is still enforced How a monastery handles a monk who asks to leave after twenty years Jain monks sweep the path ahead so they do not step on insects Tibetan monastic colleges train monks in formal debate as a core discipline

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