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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 ...
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]
One origin story holds that when the Chinese emperors forbid the wearing of robes, defrocked all the Buddhist monks, and bestowed imperial favor on the Confucian and Taoist priests, then Buddhist monks created a miniature version of their robe to be worn secretly around the neck underneath their regular lay clothing. Another suggests that the ...
An early representation of the Buddha wearing kāṣāya robes, in the Hellenistic style. Buddhist kāṣāya are said to have originated in India as set of robes for the devotees of Gautama Buddha. A notable variant has a pattern reminiscent of an Asian rice field. Original kāṣāya were constructed of discarded fabric. These were stitched ...
So far the monks have crushed 88,185 pounds of plastic in two years aiming to curb the litter in the surrounding Chao Phraya River. They have created over 800 sets of robes from the plastic fibers.
Ordained Buddhist bhikkus (monks) and bhikuunis (nuns) traditionally wear simple robes called kāṣāya, named after a brown or saffron dye used to give the fabric their distinctive non-primary colors. Originally, these robes were made of cast-off or donated material because monks lived ascetic lifestyles. [1]
Warrior monks would often fold and tie the white headcowl to cover more of their head, or would substitute a hachimaki headband. Finally, many warrior monks would wear some form of samurai armor. The sōhei employed a variety of weapons. The obi, or belt, of the kimono would often be supplemented with a heavier sash, so a sword could be slung ...
Gelug school emphasized Vinaya ethics and monastic discipline; Choekyi Gyaltsen refused to wear monk clothing after he married. [15] Kagyu monks are also required to return to non-monastic life to marry. [16] [17] A Buddhist monk in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, wearing the robes of an abbot in a monastery A mendicant monk in Kyoto, Japan