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  2. Bar joke - Wikipedia

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    In effect, this is a merger between the "bar joke" and trio jokes involving priests, ministers and rabbis (or Buddhist monks, etc.) in other settings. This form has become so well known that it is the subject of at least one joke about the popularity of the joke itself : "A priest, a minister, and a rabbi walk into a bar.

  3. Thai monks' livestream mixes Buddhism and jokes but not all ...

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    Two Buddhist monks in Thailand have become social media stars with Facebook livestreams that combine traditional teachings with non-traditional jokes and giggles. With an impressive fluency in ...

  4. Chunseong - Wikipedia

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    The joke was a play on words because "Jung" means monk and "Daejang" means commander. Upon hearing this joke, the police officer let Chunseong get on his way because he thought he was a strange man. Teaching a lesson to an old spinster

  5. Rakugo - Wikipedia

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    Otogishū were scholars, Buddhist monks and tea masters who served daimyo (feudal lord), and their duty was to give lectures on books to daimyo and to be a partner for chatting. Anrakuan Sakuden , who was an otogishū and a monk of the Jōdo-shū , is often said to be the originator of rakugo , and his 8 volumes of Seisui Sho contain 1000 ...

  6. Ikkyū-san (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Ikkyū-san (Japanese: 一休さん, pronounced [ik̚kʲɨᵝːsã̠ɴ]) is a Japanese historical comedy anime series produced by Toei Animation, based on the recorded early life of Zen Buddhist monk Ikkyū during his stay at Ankoku-ji Temple.

  7. Buddhist monasticism - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. The History of Self-Immolation as Political Protest

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    Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc is doused with gasoline during a protest demonstration in Saigon, on June 11, 1963. ... In 2009, a Tibetan monk self-immolated in protest of Chinese rule in Tibet, in ...

  9. Jewish humor - Wikipedia

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    A Buddhist monk goes to a barber to have his head shaved. "What should I pay you?" the monk asks. "No price, for a holy man such as yourself," the barber replies. And what do you know, the next day the barber comes to open his shop, and finds on his doorstep a dozen gemstones. Later that day, a priest comes in to have his hair cut.