Q&A with Soryu Forall

Why is a reverence for the power of animals apparently missing from modern Buddhism? Recently, a MAPLE Resident who has a deep love for indigenous spirituality heartfully asked Sōryū this question. His answer explores our assumptions about Buddhism, about the world around us, and how a connection with animals and nature is essential.
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If you're interested in learning more, go to our website monasticacademy.org

We are accepting applications for 2-3 month-long apprenticeships. The training will provide you opportunities to dive deeply into mindfulness practice in community, working, and dedicated sitting periods. The apprenticeship is FREE with room and board provided.
Learn more here: www.monasticacademy.org/apprentice

The Wisdom of the Porcupine -  Q&A with Soryu Forall

What do we do when we feel so much grief for the destruction of nature that it hurts? This can be difficult to face, but fortunately a MAPLE resident was courageous enough to ask Soryu for guidance on it. In an answer that can provide solace and encouragement for those who care for the world, he touches on:
- how to relate to the grief
- how to perceive the problem so that we truly contribute to resolving it
- why it's important to see we are living the solution when we're doing as much good as we can
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The Monastic Academy is a training center dedicated to creating wise, powerful, and loving leaders who are an unstoppable force for social and environmental peace on Earth.
If you're interested in learning more, go to our website monasticacademy.org

We are accepting applications for 2-3 month-long apprenticeships. The training will provide you opportunities to dive deeply into mindfulness practice in community, working, and dedicated sitting periods. The apprenticeship is FREE with room and board provided.
Learn more here: www.monasticacademy.org/apprentice

How To Face Grief For Destruction - Q&A with Soryu Forall

In order to sustain our practice, it's essential to celebrate our progress, but how do we do that without so much of the ego that we work hard to relinquish? Soryu Forall provides guidance on this tricky aspect of spiritual development. 

This excerpt is from a Q&A session at a silent retreat in May 2021.
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The Monastic Academy is a training center dedicated to creating wise, powerful, and loving leaders who are an unstoppable force for social and environmental peace on Earth.
If you're interested in learning more, go to our website monasticacademy.org

We are accepting applications for 2 month-long apprenticeships. The training will provide you opportunities to dive deeply into mindfulness practice in community, working, and dedicated sitting periods. The apprenticeship is FREE with room and board provided.
Learn more here: www.monasticacademy.org/apprentice

How to Celebrate Success Without Ego - Q&A with Soryu Forall

In striving for our aspirations, we may be held back by damage to our self-trust in the past due to not following through on commitments. This can happen even to a highly skilled practitioner. Someone like that, a long-time MAPLE resident, asked Soryu what to do about it. His answer revealed that while such mistakes have serious consequences—perhaps more than we know—there is a simple principle for restoring integrity.  

This excerpt is from a Q&A session at a silent retreat in May 2021.
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The Monastic Academy for the Preservation of Life on Earth (MAPLE) is a training center dedicated to creating wise, powerful, and loving leaders who are an unstoppable force for social and environmental peace on Earth.
If you're interested in learning more, go to our website monasticacademy.org

We are accepting applications for 2 month-long apprenticeships. The training will provide you opportunities to dive deeply into mindfulness practice in community, working, and dedicated sitting periods. The apprenticeship is FREE with room and board provided.
Learn more here: www.monasticacademy.org/apprentice

What to Do If I Don't Trust Myself? - Q&A with Soryu Forall

Do you find that you tend to fall asleep if you don't keep yourself alert with things like coffee or constant activities? 

This is common for us who live in the modern world. While solutions usually include getting more sleep—or more coffee, it may also have to do with how we engage with our lives. Soryu Forall provides guidance on how cultivating the elements of mindfulness—clarity, concentration and equanimity—can help.

This excerpt is from a Q&A session at a silent retreat in June 2021.
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The Monastic Academy is a training center dedicated to creating wise, powerful, and loving leaders who are an unstoppable force for social and environmental peace on Earth.
If you're interested in learning more, go to our website monasticacademy.org

We are accepting applications for 2 month-long apprenticeships. The training will provide you opportunities to dive deeply into mindfulness practice in community, working, and dedicated sitting periods. The apprenticeship is FREE with room and board provided.
Learn more here: www.monasticacademy.org/apprentice

How Not To Sleep Through Life - Q&A with Soryu Forall

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