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Jul 27, 2018 · Indian Arts and Culture Buddhism. About Buddhist Monks. The Life and Role of the Bhikkhu. chadchai rangubpai / Getty Images. By. Barbara O'Brien. Updated on July 27, 2018. The serene, orange-robed Buddhist monk has become an iconic figure in the West.
A Bhikkhu, (Sanskrit: Bhiksu) is a fully ordained male Buddhist monastic. Female monastics are called Bhikkhunis (Skt: Bhiksunis ). Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis keep many precepts : they live by the vinayas framework of monastic discipline , the basic rules of which are called the patimokkha .
Buddhist monks in Thailand. bhikṣu (P. bhikkhu; T. dge slong དགེ་སློང་; C. biqiu 比丘), commonly translated as "monk," has at least three possible meanings: (1) someone who begs; (2) someone who has taken the highest level of Buddhist ordination; and. (3) someone who has destroyed mental afflictions. [1]
Apart from indicating respect for the Sangha, this action helps with general mindfulness. If seeking advice or a dhamma explanation from a bhikkhu, a lay person would allow for spaciousness in a conversation, i.e., allow for pauses in the conversation before the bhikkhu speaks or replies.
A Bhikkhu (Pāli), or Bhiksu ( Sanskrit ), is a fully ordained male Buddhist monastic. Female monastics are called Bhikkhunis. The holy orders in Buddhism connect back to the central roots of Buddhism, the original followers of Buddha.
Welcome. This site offers an extensive collection of English translations of suttas from the Pāli Canon, as well as a multitude of free downloads of Dhamma from the Kammaṭṭhāna (or Thai Forest) Tradition of Buddhism. Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu of Metta Forest Monastery is the speaker, author or translator unless otherwise noted.
Bhikkhu (Bhikku, Bhiksu) In Pāli, a bhikkhu (male) or bhikkhuni (female) is a fully ordained Buddhist monk. The respective Sanskrit versions are bhikṣu and bhikṣunī. The word literally translates as “beggar” or more broadly as “one who lives by alms”. It is philologically analysed in the Pali commentary of the Buddhaghosa as ...
