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Noun
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In 1980, after meeting the yogi Swami Muktananda at an ashram in the Catskills, Rashad began practicing Siddha yoga, which trains its followers to recognize the divinity in themselves and the surrounding world.—
Reggie Ugwu,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025 -
About 90 minutes from Dallas, in a north Texas farming community home to more cows than people, sits an ashram where two Jain monks and documentary filmmakers, Sadhvi Siddhali Shree, 41, and Sadhvi Anubhuti, 42, are on a spiritual journey of a whole other kind.—
Kayla McCormick,
NBC news,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Curious newbies can sign up for the monastery’s Beginning Instruction sessions every other Sunday and on the second Wednesday of each month, or participate in a weekend retreat.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
9 July 2025
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Other cultural experiences include Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayas and ancient temples in central forests.—
Rumit Mehta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
Noun
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According to People, the couple hosted a welcome party for their guests in a closed cloister adjacent to the Madonna dell'Orto church on the Thursday night ahead of their wedding day.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
9 July 2025
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The wedding festivities kicked off on Thursday, June 27, with a welcome party, held in a closed cloister adjacent to the Madonna dell'Orto church.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
29 June 2025
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“Vihara.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vihara. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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