Trappist Monastery of Lamanabi

Who we are

The Trappist Monks of Lamanabi. Living, praying and working together since 1998.

Being a monk is God's call to live solely for Him in solitude: A life dedicated to prayer.

The monastery or Lamanabi is a school of God's service, a training ground of brotherly love. Following Christ under a Rule and Superior, we Trappist monks live a life of prayer, work, and reading the scriptures, delving into the heart and mystery of the Church. The monastery belongs to the Cistercian Order of The Strict Observance (OCSO), part of the body of the Roman Catholic Church.

Becoming a monk, for what?

In Indonesian the word “bertapa” (to live a monastic life) comes from Sanskrit and means “to heat up, warm up, irradiate, burn”. In the context of soul cultivation, ascetic activities are intended to be watchful, compassionate, live mortification of the body, undergoing penance to “burn off past karma” and liberate oneself.

In the Christian tradition the ascetic life is commonly referred to as the “monastic” life or “monachism”, which comes from the Greek root monos meaning: “single”, ‘alone’. The basic idea of monastic life is seclusion or withdrawal from the world or society (fuga mundi) so that the way of life also includes physical separation. Thus the lives of hermits, anchorites and cenobites can be classified as monastic.

Trappist

Trappist monks live a way of life rooted in the Gospel tradition of life that finds its expression in the Rule of the Monasteries of St. Benedict of Nursia. The founders of Citeaux gave special shape to that tradition, some aspects of which are vigorously defended by the monasteries of Strict Observance.

Becoming a Monk?

Entering a monastery is not a shortcut to sainthood. Likewise, there is no shortcut to becoming a monk. A newcomer to the monastic life naturally needs time to adjust to the rhythm of ascetic life in the community.

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