Welcome to the cloister a podcast of conversations on monasticism and spiritual formation.

Join us this Lent as we read through the gospel of John together. Each day we will release a short reading for your own time of Lectio Divina and contemplation. We hope it helps you to encounter Christ in a new way this Lenten season.

Podcast collating publicly available talks from SRF/YSS. Self-Realization Fellowship is the worldwide spiritual organization founded in 1920 by Paramahansa Yogananda to disseminate his teachings on the Kriya Yoga science of meditation and art of spiritual living. Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic "Autobiography of a Yogi," is widely revered as the father of Yoga in the West. In India, his work is known as Yogoda Satsanga Society of India. SRF/YSS has more than 600 meditation centers ...

The Order of the Holy Cross is an Anglican Benedictine monastic community of men founded in 1884 by James Otis Sargent Huntington to provide a specifically North American expression of monasticism. Our commitment to worship and prayer has sustained our work since the 19th century. Our primary ministry is welcoming guests on individual and group retreats. Continue Community: https://www.facebook.com/holy.cross.west.park/See What We're Doing: https://www.instagram.com/holycross.westpark/Guest ...

The Mountains and Rivers Order (MRO) is a Western Zen Buddhist lineage established by the late John Daido Loori Roshi and dedicated to sharing the dharma as it has been passed down, generation to generation, since the time of Shakyamuni Buddha. Zen Mountain Monastery, the main house of the Mountains and Rivers Order, is one of the West’s most respected Zen Buddhist monasteries and training centers. Nestled in New York’s beautiful Catskill Mountains, the Monastery draws its strength from the ...

Translations of Dhamma talks given by Ajahn Anan, a disciple of Ajahn Chah and abbot of Wat Marp Jan Monastery in Thailand. For more information, visit www.watmarpjan.org/en. Many of the featured talks were given during daily sessions of chanting and meditation held on "Zoom", 7-9 p.m. Indochina Time (Bangkok, GMT + 7). To join these sessions, simply email wmjdhamma@gmail.com for a link.

Lately, my own practice is moving more and more into the monastic world. As I teach out of that nourishment, I find people hungry for the traditional, solid forms of the Dharma. I see people's lives changing when they engage in these forms. Certainly, as I deepen my own Sutta study, I find the traditional ideas so helpful it encourages me to delve further. In this, I am learning how to ride the edge of a question, instead of reaching for answers. When I let the question hang there, as a livi ...