6 unexpected and life-changing things I learned while living in a monastery.
One man explains what it's really like to live in a monastery.
05.27.16
In 2010, a medication-resistant form of epilepsy terrorized me.
Facing the prospect of a near-permanent state of illness, I longed for respite. I needed something — anything — to calm me down.
I had been reading the works of Christian and Buddhist monks for years, but I had never actually visited a monastery.
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