Monk Life: An Entirely New Way to Enjoy Life

Reflections from my week-long stay at a Buddhist Monastery

Note: I stayed at Plum village in mid-July of 2019, wrote the majority of this refelction shortly after, and never did anything with it until now. I hope you enjoy it!

I don’t have any terrible addictions, but like many thirty something-year-olds, I have my millennial buffet of vices. I have a few drinks the majority of nights most weeks, I enjoy weed, I eat all types of meat, I drink coffee whenever I feel like it (read: all day)…