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Recent Examples of lamaseryHis sister is a smart square peg who took off running at the end of Season 3; in the new season, the family is trying to find her, a trip that takes them to a Tibetan lamasery, down South American rivers and onto a Japanese game show.—Robert Lloyd, latimes.com, 8 July 2019
Policeman turned preacher Reportedly born Narayan Sakar to a low-caste family, Bhole Baba used to be a constable with the Uttar Pradesh Police before becoming a preacher and establishing an ashram – or place of worship – in the state.
Rhea Mogul,
CNN,
12 July 2024
His group has ashrams across 10 states and union territories in India and claims to have 60 million followers worldwide.
From photogenic fishing villages and sumptuous seafood to ancient monasteries, and gorgeous beaches (many of them within an hour’s drive of Istanbul), a lot of things make this coast extra special.
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes,
24 Oct. 2024
In 1548, Johannes Gast wrote about a Faust who had played tricks on a group of monks by introducing a poltergeist into the monastery.
During the two decades before the mass possession at Loudun, the Ursulines, originally a very active and public order, had been forced into the cloister.
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2024
But even within the cloisters of the monastery and behind the walls of its garden, with the city outside, there is also a solitude around each of the monks.
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