Beverly Donofrio took off six months to go monastery-hopping, and discovered peace, clarity, connection, grace, and, finally, a kind of hush all over her world.
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4 Unique—and Almost Free!—Retreats
Whether you're in search of inner sustenance or just a unique vacation (especially one that costs only a small donation per day) consider visiting one of the hundreds of monasteries, cloisters, and abbeys around the world that welcome laypeople as guests.
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Oprah Talks to Pema Chödrön
Pema Chodron, the first American woman to become a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Tibetan tradition and author of When Things Fall Apart, talks to Oprah about learning from pain and what it means to be a Buddhist.
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Keeping the Faith
They're young and gave up sex, careers and having children to become nuns. Lisa Ling goes inside a real-life convent.
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Oprah Talks to Thich Nhat Hanh
He's been a Buddhist monk for more than 60 years, as well as a teacher, writer and vocal opponent of war--a stance that left him exiled from his native Vietnam for four decades. Now he reflects on the beauty of the present moment, being grateful for every
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