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A bhikkhu (Pali: भिक्खु, Sanskrit: भिक्षु, romanized: bhikṣu) is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism. [1] Male, and female monastics , are members of the Sangha (Buddhist community). [2] The lives of all Buddhist monastics are governed by a set of rules called the prātimokṣa or pātimokkha. [1]
A bishop or priest granted vicarious authority from a diocesan bishop for a specific area of ministry (e.g., Judicial Vicar, Vicar for Clergy, etc.). A deacon or lay ecclesial minister may be appointed to the same role, but typically called by a different title. Vicar Forane, Dean: Very Reverend, Very Rev.
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.
Half of the jūshoku (priests) connected to Myōshin-ji stayed there less than two years, and 10% even shorter than one year. [8] The stay at the monastery is meant to learn the skills and social role necessary to function as a priest: [T]he goal of Zen is not simply an inner state of tranquility but the social reconstruction of the self" [11]
In 2010 the first Tibetan Buddhist nunnery in North America was established in Vermont, [85] called Vajra Dakini Nunnery, offering novice ordination. [85] The abbot of this nunnery is an American woman named Khenmo Drolma who is the first "bhikkhunni," a fully ordained Buddhist nun, in the Drikung Kagyu tradition of Buddhism, having been ...
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The diversity of Buddhist traditions makes it difficult to generalize about Buddhist clergy. In the United States, Pure Land priests of the Japanese diaspora serve a role very similar to Protestant ministers of the Christian tradition. Meanwhile, reclusive Theravada forest monks in Thailand live a life devoted to meditation and the practice of ...
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