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Monks from Central Asia and China wearing traditional kāṣāya. Bezeklik Caves, eastern Tarim Basin, 9th-10th century. Kāṣāya [a] are the robes of fully ordained Buddhist monks and nuns, named after a brown or saffron dye. In Sanskrit and Pali, these robes are also given the more general term cīvara, which references the robes without ...
Originally, these robes were made of cast-off or donated material because monks lived ascetic lifestyles. [1] The dyes were used to distinguish their common clothing from other people. [ 2 ] In Sanskrit and Pali , these robes are also given the more general term cīvara , which references the robes without regard to color.
Tenzin Mariko gave a TedTalk on TEDxDharmshala on August 29, 2019. Titled “The Monk Who Traded His Robes for Skirts”, Mariko narrates her story of accepting her sexuality and coming out as the first Tibetan transgender woman. [7]
In medieval Japan, this tradition developed a process for sokushinbutsu, which a monk completed over about 3,000 days. [8] It involved a strict diet called mokujiki (literally, ' eating a tree '). [10] [9] The monk abstained from any cereals and relied on pine needles, resins, and seeds found in the mountains, which would eliminate all fat in ...
In traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, which follow the Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya, red robes are regarded as characteristic of the Mūlasarvāstivādins. [6] According to Dudjom Rinpoche from the tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, the robes of fully ordained Mahāsāṃghika monastics were to be sewn out of more than seven sections, but no more than ...
En no Gyōja holding a khakkhara, Japan, Kamakura period, polychromed wood. A khakkhara (Sanskrit: खक्खर; Tibetan: འཁར་གསིལ, THL: khar sil; Chinese: 錫杖; pinyin: xīzhàng; Japanese pronunciation: shakujō; Korean: 석장; romaja: seokjang; Vietnamese: tích trượng; lit. 'tin stick'), sometimes referred to in English as a pewter staff, [1] [2] is a staff topped ...
A Tibetan Buddhist Monk meditating using chanting and drumming. The 14th Dalai Lama defines meditation ( bsgom pa ) as "familiarization of the mind with an object of meditation." [ 141 ] Traditionally, Tibetan Buddhism follows the two main approaches to meditation or mental cultivation ( bhavana ) taught in all forms of Buddhism, śamatha (Tib.
Modern-day Buddhist monks and laity refer to the long Buddhist robe as haiqing (Chinese: 海青). [23] The wearing of these long robes by Buddhist monks is a legacy of the Tang and Song period. [23] In ancient times, the haiqing was adopted by the Chan temples. [8] The haiqing originated from the hanfu-style worn in the Han and Tang dynasties. [14]