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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vihara
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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The Vatican has denied that Prevost permitted Ray to live at the monastery.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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In 2015, David and his wife made Texas their primary residence after retiring from their jobs at a Buddhist monastery in Woodstock, N.Y., where David was executive director for three years.—
Serge F. Kovaleski,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The latter was particularly restorative, as was the Negroni No. 2 at Le Bar, in the cloister, which adds beets and strawberries to the classic recipe.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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When the breeze flows through the cloisters, the kites float, showing off their gravity-defying nature.—
Diana Budds,
Architectural Digest,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Vihara.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vihara. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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