Monastic Academy

In this eighth talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall discusses how we can only step into our power and serve the world to the extent that we have cut through the greed, hatred, and ignorance of our own minds. 

In this seventh talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall discusses how understanding leadership as a function of community is essential to changing the direction of civilization. 

In this sixth talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall discusses how society is maintained by intersubjective trust in shared fictions. The training at the Monastic Academy is the study of becoming trustworthy people in order to build a society based on a new story of trustworthy relationships. 

In this fifth talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall discusses why doing the work of becoming trustworthy is what makes us most able to change the world. 

In this fourth talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall discusses why embodying ethical character is essential to solving the world's problems.

In this third talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall discusses how building world-class meditation spaces that support transformation and transcendence can change the world.

In this second talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall describes the practical interplay of awakening and responsibility in our two-track training system.

In this first talk on the ethos of the Monastic Academy, head teacher Soryu Forall outlines the integration of transcendence and transformation as a uniquely appropriate response to the crises of our time.