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Vows for Monks

 

 

I vow to restrain the senses. 

I vow to be non-violent in thought, word and deed.  

I vow to intend to be non-violent in all that I do. 

I vow to be honest. To speak truth both relative and universal truth. 

I vow to refrain from any sexual impropriety.  

I vow to seek chastity. To seek to be chaste. 

I vow to minimize contact with the material world.  

I vow not to seek entanglements with others.  

I vow to treat everyone without favor. 

I vow to seek a vison of everything as eternal consciousness. 

I vow to realize nothing belongs to me. 

I vow to contemplate continually the Real Self. 

I vow to seek non-attachment. 

I vow to listen and study the spiritual teachings. 

I vow to seek to renounce the illusory universe. 

I vow to fulfill spiritual obligations. 

I vow to be equanimous. 

 

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