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Buddhist monasticism is one of the earliest surviving forms of organized monasticism and one of the fundamental institutions of Buddhism.Monks and nuns, called bhikkhu (Pali, Skt. bhikshu) and bhikkhuni (Skt. bhikshuni), are responsible for the preservation and dissemination of the Buddha's teaching and the guidance of Buddhist lay people.
Buddhist monks were once called talapoy or talapoin from French talapoin, itself from Portuguese talapão, ultimately from Mon tala pōi 'our lord'. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] The Talapoys cannot be engaged in any of the temporal concerns of life; they must not trade or do any kind of manual labour, for the sake of a reward; they are not allowed to insult ...
Buddhist monks by tradition (4 C) R. Recipients of Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru (1 C, 1 P) Recipients of Agga Maha Pandita (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Buddhist monks"
In Theravada Buddhism, the Pāṭimokkha is the basic code of monastic discipline, consisting of 227 rules for fully ordained monks and 311 for nuns (bhikkhuṇīs). It is contained in the Suttavibhaṅga , a division of the Vinaya Piṭaka .
Portrait depicting a Carthusian monk in the Roman Catholic Church (1446) Buddhist monks collecting alms. A monk (/ m ʌ ŋ k /; from Greek: μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) [1] [2] is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. [3] A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation ...
While Buddhism considers the liberation from saṃsāra as the ultimate spiritual goal, in traditional practice, the primary focus of a vast majority of lay Buddhists has been to seek and accumulate merit through good deeds, donations to monks and various Buddhist rituals in order to gain better rebirths rather than nirvana. [156] [157] [note 15]
Palane Vajiragnana Thero (1878–1955), Buddhist monk and scholar, who the first broadcaster of Buddhist sermon over the radio in Sri Lanka Robert Thurman (born 1941), American author, editor and translator of books on Tibetan Buddhism , Je Tsongkhapa professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University and co-founder and president ...
South Korean Buddhist monks (8 P) Sri Lankan Buddhist monks (68 P) Swedish Buddhist monks (1 P) T. Taiwanese Buddhist monks (11 P) Thai Buddhist monks (1 C, 8 P) V.