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religion and spirituality buddhismWhat are Buddhist monks not allowed to do?
Last Updated: 7th April, 2020
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Keeping this in consideration, what are the rules of Buddhist monks?
Monastic life
- Refrain from harming living beings.
- Refrain from taking that which is not freely given.
- Refrain from sexual misconduct.
- Refrain from wrong speech; such as lying, idlechatter,malicious gossip or harsh speech.
- Refrain from intoxicating drink and drugs which leadtocarelessness.
Beside above, what do monks do? A monk may be a person who decides to dedicatehislife to serving all other living beings, or to be an asceticwhovoluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live his orherlife in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient andcan beseen in many religions and in philosophy.
Consequently, can Buddhist monks marry?
Monastics in Japan are particularly exceptional intheBuddhist tradition because the monks and nunscanmarry after receiving their higher ordination. SomeKoreanmonks live with wives in theirmonasteries.
What is a Buddhist monk called?
u) is an ordainedmalemonastic ("monk") in Buddhism. Male andfemalemonastics ("nun", bhikkhuni, Sanskrit bhik?u?ī) aremembers ofthe Buddhist community. The lives of allBuddhistmonastics are governed by a set of rulescalled theprātimok?a or pātimokkha.