Its members remain fully immersed in the world and do not retreat to monasteries or cloisters.
The trade is more ingrained in Europe, what with its myriad monasteries and convents.
For monasteries business is a critical subset of their mission in life: not the mission itself.
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Temples, monasteries, churches and mosques can give prosperous Chinese a motive to help provide welfare.
St David travelled far on missionary journeys through Wales, where he established several monasteries.
Mr. KIRKWOOD: We're reaching so many people so quickly because people are congregating in schools and monasteries.
In fact, larger monastery breweries, notably Westmalles and Chimay, help support other monasteries, multiple charities and local economies.
Some Dominicans in the 16th century seized Indian lands and exploited Indian labour to build churches and monasteries.
Explore the palaces and monasteries of the Sacred City of Polonnaruwa, and wander the mural-filled cave monastery of Dambulla.
The abbey was destroyed during the dissolution of the monasteries in 1539 and studies indicate the tomb was robbed.
Six of the monasteries are still in operation, and it is a trip worth taking for the views alone.
But it was largely destroyed in 1538 during Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries and is now a ruin.
Monasteries were being used as temporary shelters for hundreds of people left homeless.
Few collections such as those of The Great Hospital survived Henry VIII's attack on the monasteries in the 16th century.
It is an energetic climb up to any of the monasteries, the most difficult to reach being the Great Meteoron.
The group focused on an initial 189 buildings in need of protection, mainly 19th-century synagogues, mosques, monasteries and colonial British structures.
In Germany cosy ties between religious and political authorities have been shaken by news of abuse at prestigious Catholic schools and monasteries.
And magnificent, soot-stained monasteries like Haghpat and Geghard, which was carved into the side of a mountain, still preside atop green valleys.
Within a week of the earthquake, officials were making it clear that those from outside the county should return to their monasteries.
The tradition of gingerbread making appeared in certain European monasteries during the Middle Ages and came to Croatia where it became a craft.
It is one of the few books written by monks to have survived the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII in the 1530s.
The monasteries, in particular, were very good at harnessing fresh water.
Today, thousands of people line up for Easter processions and make pilgrimages to old monasteries and churches that either survived Soviet times or have been restored.
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The strenuous efforts and encouragements made by other Buddhist nuns and monks who established monasteries in Lumbini and in Kathmandu made my transition here much easier.
In an article for Forbes.com, Business Secrets of the Trappists, I outlined the monastic principles that make monasteries the world over so successful in business.
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Once you get there, stunning monasteries carved into high mountains await, as well as some of the tallest and most imposing mountains on earth, the Himalayas.
Peak performance results from a passionate commitment to a mission worth serving and this is what Transformational Organizations like monasteries and the Marine Corps invariably inspire.
Juanita Vasquez, Myanmar officer in charge, told reporters in a conference call that survivors have found shelter in crowded, improvised camps set up in monasteries and schools.
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