Monasticism in slovenian religious communities: Charterhouse Pleterje, Samanadipa forest hermitage and Society for Krishna Consciousness

Diplomska naloga obravnava meniške skupnosti na Slovenskem. V uvodu predstavi obseg raziskave in metodološke usmeritve skupaj z izzivi, ki jih je prineslo terensko delo. V prvih poglavjih je predstavljen koncept meništva in njegova zgodovina. Jedro naloge je sestavljeno iz treh delov, prvi naslavlja katoliško tradicijo in znotraj nje kartuzijane ter kartuzijo Pleterje, drugi gozdno budistično tradicijo v okviru samostana Samanadipa, tretji pa predstavi Skupnost za zavest Krišne in njeno ljubljansko podružnico. Sledi primerjava določenih vidikov meniškega življenja in zaključek. Terenski dnevnik, v katerem so zbrani osebni vtisi, je v prilogi.This paper reviews monastic communities in Slovenia. In the introduction, the scope and focus of the research is presented along with methodological directions and challenges of fieldwork. In the first chapters the concept of monasticism and its history is defined. The main body of the thesis consists of three parts, the first deals with the catholic tradition especially with carthusians and the charterhouse Pleterje. In the second part the buddhist forest tradition and the monastery Samanadipa are introduced. Finally, International Society for Krishna Consciousness and its branch in Ljubljana are presented. The last part is a comparison of particular aspects of monastic life, which is followed by conclusion. Field diary in which personal impressions are collected is added as an appendix