Why I don’t call myself a "Monk in the World"

Living in the World (Whether or Not You’re a Monk)

Ten years ago Wayne Teasdale wrote a book called A Monk in the World.  It’s based on an idea he received from Bede Griffiths, the Benedictine monk who founded a Christian ashram in India. The idea is simple: the time has come for the spirituality of the monk to travel beyond the confines of the tradition…