Category: Monasteries 🏡

Ten months after I started training at the Monastic Academy, my teacher, Soryu Forall, gave a talk that completely changed my perspective on what our organization was doing and what it was aiming for.

Like many nonprofits this year, the Monastic Academy is facing a gap between our funds raised and our expenses. Donate $33 so we can continue to create the trustworthy leaders that the world needs!

The Four Facets is a model of human development that attempts to delineate the essential aspects of a ‘full spectrum’ approach for human flourishing.

OAK is a moral and spiritual compass for Silicon Valley. At this time, funding our budget is our biggest constraint. You can help OAK by donating directly to our operations budget for 2021.

Religious traditions that last for centuries and millennia tend to have dedicated scholars, who study, write, and preserve texts that support their larger purpose and work.

In this post, I’ll share what several possibilities of a monastic career path might look like.

Last summer, the Monastic Academy hosted two retreats designed for college students. We did this in partnership with Dharma Gates, a non-profit co-founded by MAPLE alumni Miles Bukiet.

We’re building a new meditation hall and need your help. Donate $41 to make it possible!

Human society developed monasteries to train extremely ethical, wise, trustworthy people.