...The Nun: Perfect or Pretentious In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer paints an almost perfect image of the Nun (or Prioress). Almost every quality Chaucer describes about her comes across in a very positive way to the audience. However, many of these qualities that seem positive can actually be viewed as signs of an extremely fake and pretentious individual. In this paper I will discuss how the Nun is portrayed in a more positive manner than what she deserves, and how many of the positive qualities actually describe a fake individual rather than one who is doing God’s work. “With obvious pleasure, graceful, lady-like/ Working hard to appear amused, but of striking/ Dignity and courtly importance” (138-140). Many readers may look at everything here as a positive quality in the Nun, seeing that she is graceful and with striking dignity. However, one might argue that by “Working hard to appear amused” (139) she is simply forcing herself to appear to be drawn into whatever her surroundings are. She is not showing her true emotions or at least not showing them in her true form. This example also shows that she places a high priority on her image and wants to be involved in everything. Typically this would not be seen as a negative quality for an individual, but this goes against the normal order of a Nun because they usually want to be in the background and unnoticed. Other prime examples of how her qualities are projected in a false manners are: “She helped herself to...
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...In the Middle Ages, a woman might have several reasons to be a nun. Some of them, for example, wanted to dedicate themselves to the God; or their families couldn’t afford a daughter and sent them to the convent; or they were not attractive enough to appeal a man and got marriage so they went to the convent. Although we don’t know the reason the prioress becoming the nun, she mustn’t have gone to the convent because of believing in god for she lacked a true religious calling. Besides, as for her background, there are many suggestions she was from a noble family. Last but not the least, the brooch the prioress wore had some words: “Amor vincit omnia” which means “love conquers all”. Nevertheless, her “amor” wasn’t to the god but to other things like her appearance or her table manner. She was a representative of the decline of religious world. The order of prologue is an evidence of social class. In the Middle Ages, knights were the highest class of non-hereditary nobility. Therefore, it is acceptable that the narrator introduced the knight, his son and the yeoman first. However, the prioress comes next while clergy was not considered one of the social classes in the Middle Ages. The status of her family might be so high that she still ranked fourth among the pilgrims though she had not been a member of the noble society for a long time. In addition, the prioress was the first person had name in the prologue. Even men in the Middle Ages should have enough social status and their...
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...show findings how some Buddhists, especially those of Theravada, believe the Eight Garudhammas are not really teachings of Buddha. Finally I will compare and talk about the differences of becoming ordained as a man or woman in Buddhism. The Eight Garudhammas date back to 1000 of years ago, which are the eight heavy rules which bhikkhunis (nuns) must follow in order to become fully ordained. Since these “rules” date back so many years and also from a different language, the translations have changed over the years. The Eight Garudhammas are as follows: 1. A nun who has been ordained even for a hundred years must greet respectfully, rise up from her seat, salute with joined palms, do proper homage to a monk ordained but that day, 2. A nun must not spend the rains in a residence where there are no monks, 3. Every half month a nun should desire two things from the Order of Monks : the asking as to the date of the Observance day, and the coming for the exhortation (bhikkhunovada), 4. After the rains a nun must 'invite' before both Orders in respect of three matters, namely what was seen, what was heard, what was suspected, 5. A nun, offending against an important rule, must undergo manatta discipline for half a month before both Orders, 6. When, as a probationer, she has trained in the six rules (cha dhamma) for two years, she should seek higher ordination from both Orders, 7. A Monk must not be abused or reviled in...
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...Mystic Monk Coffee - Assignment Questions 1a. Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? Yes, he has established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming shown by his vision creating. 1b. What is his vision for the monastery? * Increase size from 13 to 30 * Purchase 496 acre ranch * Build monastery with accommodations * Build church * Build a convert for nuns and a hermitage 1c. What is his vision for Mystic Monk Coffee? There is no true vision except to fund the Carmelite Monks. 1d. What is the mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? * Worship * Live out their life in monastery * Vows of obedience * Chastity and poverty * Sacrifices associated with living a cloistered religious life 2. Does it appear that Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision? No, he has not set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision however, some goals on wanting to obtain the 496 ranch or how to raise the money to buy it. 3a. What is Father Prior’s strategy for achieving his vision? Father Prior’s strategy for achieving his vision is to use M.M.C. profit to buy ranch for monastery. 3b. What competitive advantage might Mystic Monk Coffee’s strategy produce? Its competitive advantage is the market niche of focusing on Catholics worldwide and to produce more of the coffee. 4a. Is Mystic Monk Coffee’s...
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...Mystic Monk Coffee Case * Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? * yes * What is his vision for the monastery? * He wishes to take the 13 monks who are living in a small home used as a makeshift rectory and move to a nearby ranch that would accommodate 30 monks, a gothic church, a convent for Carmelite nuns, a retreat for visitors, and a hermitage; essentially wants to create a new Mount Carmel in the Rocky Mountains * Acquiring a large parcel of land and making a new Mount Carmel * “We beg your prayers, your friendship and your support that this vision, our vision may come to be that Mount Carmel may be refounded in Wyoming’s Rockies for the Glory of God.” * What is his vision for Mystic Monk Coffee? * To generate profit to help turn his dream of purchasing land into a reality * What is the mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? * Use Mystic Monk coffee profits and donations from townspeople and Catholics to fund a purchase of land to create a Mount Carmel in the Rocky Mountains * Does it appear that Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his mission? * Raise $8.9 million; use current donation of $250,000 * Yes. Acquire property through donations and profits generated by the monastery’s Mystic Monk coffee operations; $250,000 donation to support whatever purpose monks chose; group of Cody business owners...
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...aDakota Oxford BUSN 495 1/7/16 Mystic Monk Coffee Assignment Questions 1. Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? What is his vision for the monastery? What is his vision for Mystic Monk Coffee? What is the mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? * Yes, Father Daniel Mary wants to create a spiritual oasis for monks, nuns, and priests. Father Daniel Mary established his own vision for the future of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming. The vision for the Monastery is to “Strengthen the whole church in America and be a spiritual oasis for America”. He sought for a new monastery that could accommodate 30 monks, a haven for layover visitors, a Gothic church, an abbey for Carmelite nuns, and a hermitage on a large portion of land called Irma Lake Ranch that costs $8.9 million. The vision for the Mystic Monk Coffee is to expand its operations through the purchase of a new brewery which would be capable of producing more coffee therefore generating more funds for the vision for the new monastery. The mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming is to live a life of solitude and prayer while working to earn profits in attempts to make the vision of Father Daniel Mary come true. 2. Does it appear that Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision? * Yes, Father Daniel Mary did have set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision. Since purchasing...
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...Case #1 Strategic Management September 28, 2011 Mystic Monks Coffee When you look at the question of whether Father Daniel Mary has established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming, you must in fact say that he has formed a vision. His vision was to acquire a larger parcel of land, which would better accommodate the vast interest in adding more monks to his new Mount Carmel. There would be a monastery, which could accommodate for thirty more monks, and there would also be a retreat center for lay visitors, a Gothic church, a convent for Carmelite nuns and a hermitage. His vision states this; “We beg your prayers, your friendship and your support that this vision, our vision may come to be that Mount Carmel may be re founded in Wyoming’s Rockies for the Glory of God”. Even though this their idea of moving to Lake Irma Ranch would be $8.9 million, the would still be able to acquire the property through donations and through their coffee business, Mystic Monk Coffee (MMC). They had already received a large donation and a new group of business owners also formed a foundation to help raise funds for the Monks. The mission of the 13 Carmelite Monks of Wyoming was to dedicate their life to prayer and worship. The Carmelites were a religious order of the Catholic Church and was formed in the Holy Land by pilgrims and crusaders who had chose to remain near Israel to seek God. Their mission was to lead a life of solitude, silence, and prayer. This is primarily...
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...1. Father Daniel Mary wished to eventually have 30 monks who would join the brotherhood at age 19 to 30 and live out their lives in the monastery. He had formed the vision of acquiring a large parcel of land and building a monastery with accommodations for 30 monks, a retreat center for lay visitors, a Gothic church, a convent for Carmelite nuns, and a hermitage. He believed the monastery could rely on Mystic Monk Coffee operations along with donations to fund the purchase of the ranch. 2. Although Father Daniel Mary has a strategy, he does not have clear set objectives for achieving his vision. 3. He developed an execution plan that would enable Mystic Monk Coffee to minimize the effect of its cloistered monastic constraints maximize the potential of monastic opportunities, and realize his vision of buying the Irma Lake Ranch. A competitive advantage for Mystic Monk Coffee could be the variety they offer and the high quality fair trade Arabica and fair trade/organic Arabica beans. 4. Mystic Monk Coffee’s strategy is a money-maker given they satisfy the buyers wants and needs at a price customers will consider a good value. Mystic Monk Coffee’s business model is high quality coffee targeting a segment of U.S. Catholic population who drink coffee and wish to support the monastery’s mission. The high value provided and pleasing price makes the value proposition attractive to customers. The pricing tied to its customer value proposition allows for acceptable profits to Mystic...
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...is the mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? 1) The future direction of the monastery was to develop a strategic vision to achieve the purchase of a land to further expand the operations of the monastery. That is, the monastery would use the funding from donations and the coffee-roasting operations. However, operations of the coffee business would need to be further expand and improve in order to obtain the funding that would allow the monastery to achieve its vision and mission. 2) The biggest vision of Father Daniel Mary for the monastery included expanding it by acquiring the Irma Lake ranch for its current listed price of $8.9 million. This would enable to build a retreat center, a Gothic church, a convent for Carmelite nuns, hermitage and transform the small brotherhood of 13 monks to 30. 3) The vision of the Mystic Monk Coffee was to make the vision for the monastery a reality, by “turning the coffee into the land”; its profits will be towards purchasing the required land to expand the monastery; the main vision. 4) The mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming was to be able to earn money to sustain themselves and be able to buy the Irma Lake ranch and further expand from 13 monks to 30 and build a gothic church, retreat canter and convent. 2. Does it appear that Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision? Since the production of Mystic Monk coffee didn’t generate enough cash flows to pay for the...
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...1) a) Father Daniel Mary has established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming shown by his vision creating. b) Vision of monastery • Increase size from 13 to 30 monks • Purchase 496 acre ranch • Build monastery with accommodations • Build a church • Build a convent for nuns and a hermitage c) Vision for Mystic Coffee • There is no true vision except to fund the Carmelite Monks d) Mission of Mystic Monks • Worship • Live out their life in monastery • Vows of obedience • Chastity and poverty • Sacrifices associated with living a cloistered religious life 2. a) It does not appear that Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision however, some goals on wanting to obtain the 496 acre ranch or how to raise the money to buy it. 3. a) Father Prior’s strategy for achieving his vision is to use Mystic Monk Coffee profit to buy ranch for monastery. b) Its competitive advantage is the market niche of focusing on Catholics worldwide and to product more of the coffee. 4. a) Mystic Monk Coffee is a money-maker but used for monastery. c) Assessment of customer value is does have value because it sales to wholesalers or coffee clubs. d) Its profit formula is 11% of revenue. e) Free labor, non-profit with no taxes and roasting coffee in monastery creates and delivers value to customers. 5. Winning strategy • its strategy fits the company’s...
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...the vision and strategy of its coffee business. The vision of the monastery is to buy a ranch of $8.9 million in the Rockies. The point of the case is to evaluate to what extent Mystic Monk Coffee can be relied to provide the financial resources to achieve the monastery‘s vision and make recommendations to improve Mystic Monk Coffee's performance. Mission The mission for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming was to be able to buy a nearby ranch that met Father Daniel Mary’s requirements of his vision. Father Daniel Mary’s vision is to transform the small brotherhood of 13 monks living in a small house used as makeshift rectory into a 500-acre monastery that would include accommodations for 30 monks, a Gothic church, a convent for Carmelite nuns, a retreat center for lay visitors, and a hermitage. Father Daniel Mary had to came up with an execution plan that would enable Mystic Monk Coffee to minimize the effect of its monastic constraints and maximize the potential of monastic opportunities, so the monastery could achieve its main mission that was to earn the money to achieve their vision. S.W.O.T Analysis Strengths • Mystic Monk Coffee is produced by using high-quality fair trade/organic Arabica beans. • It offers a variety of flavors. • Mystic Monk Coffee website features T-shirts, gift cards, CDs,and coffee mugs. Weaknesses • The capacity of Mystic Monk Coffee's roaster limited production to 540 pounds per day. • The production is also limited by time...
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...1. Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? What is his vision for the monastery? What is his vision for the monastery? What is his vision for Mystic Monk Coffee? What is the mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? His vision was to transform his small makeshift rectory for the 13 monks into a 500 acre monastery that would include accommodations for 30 monks, a Gothic church, a convent for Carmelite nuns, a retreat center for lay visitors, and a hermitage. The mission of the Monks is for them to become – a new Mount Carmel—a Mount Carmel that is refounded in the Wyoming Rockies for the glory of God. The vision for Mystic Monk Coffee is to use their profits to fund their dream of having the new land. They also plan to purchase a larger 130 pound per hour roaster when demand further approaches the current roaster’s capacity. 2. Does it appear that Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision? Father Daniel Mary has definite long term objectives and performance targets, but not short term for achieving his vision. Because his vision of acquiring the Irma Lake Ranch requires careful planning, Father Daniel Mary needs to set short term goals to reach his long term goal. His long term goal is to buy the new roaster to expand his production to meet higher demands. 3. What is Father Prior’s strategy for achieving his vision? What competitive advantage might Mystic...
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...Mystic Monk Coffee Case. 1. Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? What is his vision for the monastery? What is his vision for Mystic Monk Coffee? What is the mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? Father Daniel Mary established the future direction for Carmelite Monks. He determined clear sense of the future, directions and inspiration for the goal setting. The biggest vision of Father Daniel Mary included expanding the monastery by acquiring the Irma Lake ranch for its current listed price of $8.9 million. This would enable to build a retreat center, a Gothic church, a convert for Carmelite nuns, hermitage and transform the small brotherhood of 13 monks to 30. Father Daniel Mary believed that Mystic Monk Coffee could fund the purchase of the new land. The vision of the Mystic Monk Coffee was to make the vision a reality, by “turning the coffee into the land”. The mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming was to be able to earn money to buy the Irma Lake ranch and to expand from 13 monks to 30, gothic church, retreat canter and convent. 2. Does it appear that Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision? Production of Mystic Monk coffee didn’t generate the kind of cash flows to pay for the Irma Lake ranch. Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision. Objective 1: Increase the production of coffee. Coffee sales...
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...1. Has Father Daniel Mary established a future direction for the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? What is his vision for the monastery? What is his vision for Mystic Monk Coffee (MMC)? What is the mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming? Father Daniel does have a future direction for Carmelite Monks of Wyoming. His vision is to purchase the Irma Lake Ranch and transform the small brotherhood of 13 monks living in a small home into 500 acre monastery creating a New Mount Carmel that would accommodate 30 monks, a Gothic Church, a nunnery, a retreat center for lay visitors and a hermitage. It doesn’t seem like Father Daniel has a clear vision for Mystic Monk Coffee; however he strongly believes that this operation will financially aid in executing his vision. The ultimate mission of the Carmelite Monks of Wyoming is to seek and worship God. In addition, the mission of the Carmelite monks is to establish a future wherein the monastery would be totally self-sufficient by roasting their own brand of coffee beans and selling them through various networks. 2. Does it appear that Father Daniel Mary has set definite objectives and performance targets for achieving his vision? It doesn’t seem like Father Daniel has definite objectives and performance targets set in achieving his visions. So far he has set a target of $8.90 million that is needed to achieve his vision. 3. What is Father Prior’s strategy for achieving his vision? What competitive advantage might Mystic Monk Coffee’s...
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...to women’s education and ordination. Id. Buddhist women, including nuns, have faced harsh discrimination by Buddhist institutions in Asia for centuries. However, the Buddha and even the Dali Lama himself have accepted the role of women as Buddhists nuns and acknowledged the possibility “of attaining all four stages of the religious path to liberation.” Id. at 344. This reflection paper will focus on the role of women in Buddhism and its effect on the law and also speak on the influence of Buddhism in the Constitutions of Bhutan. The Buddha taught a path to enlightenment and liberation from suffering for all sentient beings and people in every walk of life, to women as well as men, without discriminating class, race, nationality, or social background. For those individuals who wished to dedicate themselves fully to the practice of his teachings, he established a monastic order that included both a Bhikshu Sangha (an order of monks) and a Bhikshuni Sangha (an order of nuns). The first step in becoming a Buddhists nun (or monk) is the going forth or leaving the household life. According to tradition, a nun receives the ten precepts of a novice, the precepts of a probationary nun, and eventually the more 300 precepts of a fully ordained nun. Id. at 345. However, I interpreted the readings with disbelief that women were actually accepted as equal to men because in some Buddhists traditions there were“ rules that nuns must receive full ordination from both...
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