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Recent Examples of monk
The funeral itself was a sober affair, with Abbot Placid Solari — a Benedictine monk, Abbot of Belmont Abbey and Chancellor of Belmont Abbey College — providing the homily.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
Nichiren was a monk and philosopher of the Kamakura period (1185–1333), and his teachings form the basis of a unique branch of Japanese Mahāyāna Buddhism based on the Lotus Sūtra, one of the most influential and venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
His formula involves the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Friedrich Nietzsche, the Dalai Lama, and many others.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
In 1965, Snyder and his friend Philip Whalen had designed a hike in the Japanese mountain monk (yamabushi) tradition that followed a route with stations where the pilgrims stopped to chant from various Zen and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, something not only Buddhist but shamanic.
—Dennis McNally, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2025
Nichiren was a monk and philosopher of the Kamakura period (1185–1333), and his teachings form the basis of a unique branch of Japanese Mahāyāna Buddhism based on the Lotus Sūtra, one of the most influential and venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
His formula involves the ancient Roman philosopher Seneca, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Friedrich Nietzsche, the Dalai Lama, and many others.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
In 1965, Snyder and his friend Philip Whalen had designed a hike in the Japanese mountain monk (yamabushi) tradition that followed a route with stations where the pilgrims stopped to chant from various Zen and Tibetan Buddhist traditions, something not only Buddhist but shamanic.
—Dennis McNally, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
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The Mission grape, the Spanish Crown, the Franciscan friars and Indigenous people built California missions and laid the groundwork for California’s world-class wine industry.—
Layne Randolph,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Other friars scribbled complaints about cold weather and poor-quality materials.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
22 July 2025
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Explore medieval monastic ruins on Innisfallen Island, and immerse yourself in ancient silence.—
Andrea Bussell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 July 2025
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While the Thai Buddhism depicted in The White Lotus is not completely realistic, there are several authentic ways to engage deeply with Buddhism, ranging from offering donations to short meditation retreats to ordination as a monastic.—
Brooke Schedneck,
The Conversation,
27 Mar. 2025
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Clarke, who was the abbot of St. Mary’s Abbey from 1975 to 1995, died in 2019.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
23 Aug. 2025
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The abbots also disputed her claims of being underpaid and forced into long hours of secular work.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
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Unlike monks who withdrew from ordinary life, mendicants stressed a life of poverty, spent in travel from town to town to preach and help the poor.—
Joanne M. Pierce,
The Conversation,
27 May 2025
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Augustinians are mendicants, like the Franciscans, Dominicans, and Carmelites.—
Sonari Glinton,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Husseini attempted to ply him with patronage, appointing him imam of a new mosque, but the cleric’s burgeoning following augured poorly for Husseini’s grip on power.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Soliman is known as an elegant dresser, but his apartment was in bachelor-pad disarray, a reflection of his long hours at the hospital and the abruptness of his detention, said his friends, also clerics.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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One recent Sunday evening, about 200 filled a Cincinnati church where preachers from several faith backgrounds urged them to demand his freedom.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Their uncompromising moral clarity shaped the conscience of the West, later echoed by Christian preachers crusading for abolition, civil rights, and human dignity.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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The bishop had no recollection of meeting Wilson’s husband.—
Sophia Tiedge,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Christian city was a significant bishop's seat in the region during the Byzantine era.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Monica Nutti Blind, a deacon in the church who also is a member of the Sami people, said the church's architecture reminds her of the area's seasons.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Aug. 2025
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Thirty-two deacons from around the world were being ordained that day.—
Kristine Tran,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Monk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monk. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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