A general list of the most helpful resources we have found on the web. For a more curated set of resources check out our online monastic course.

General monastic Resources + archives

• The Profound Path of Peace Archive — The full archive of annual newsletters published between 1987-1998 for the Kagyu international sangha. Contains many interviews with immanent Kagyu teachers on questions of monastic life.

• Thubten Chodron’s Monastic Life Resources — Thubten Chodron has collected a wide array of resources, including preparing for ordination, a full archive of all the material from the Exploring Life retreats that have been conducted annually since 2005, monastic discipline, and more.

root Texts on monastic discipline

• The Chapter on Going Forth, the first of the Chapters on Monastic Discipline in the Kangyur, translated by the 84,000 project