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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 monk, scholar, translator, and missionary Lokakṣema (लोकक्षेम, Chinese : 支婁迦讖 ; pinyin : Zhī Lóujiāchèn ) (flourished 147–189) was a Kushan Buddhist monk who travelled to China during the Han dynasty and is among one of the first known translators of Mahayana religious texts into any language.
Thích Nhất Hạnh (/ ˈ t ɪ k ˈ n ɑː t ˈ h ɑː n / TIK NAHT HAHN; Vietnamese: [tʰǐk̟ ɲə̌t hâjŋ̟ˀ] ⓘ, Huế dialect: [tʰɨt̚˦˧˥ ɲək̚˦˧˥ hɛɲ˨˩ʔ]; born Nguyễn Xuân Bảo; 11 October 1926 – 22 January 2022) was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet and teacher, [2] who ...
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 ...
Bodhidharma was a semi-legendary Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th or 6th century CE. He is traditionally credited as the transmitter of Chan Buddhism to China , and is regarded as its first Chinese patriarch .
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The following day his violin teacher gave him Buddhist Catechism by Subhadra Bhikshu and another book on Buddhism that gave him the desire to become a Buddhist monk in Asia. [8] After studying composition with the well-known composer Charles-Marie Widor in Paris, he played in various orchestras in France, Algeria, and Turkey.