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  2. Monk - Wikipedia

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    Portrait depicting a Carthusian monk in the Roman Catholic Church (1446) Buddhist monks collecting alms. A monk (/ m ʌ ŋ k /; from Greek: μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) [1] [2] is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. [3] A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation ...

  3. Monastic sign languages - Wikipedia

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    Modern Cistercian monks in England or the United States use a syntax derived "heavily, but not exclusively", from English, [6] while Cistercian monks in France loosely follow the syntax of the French language; at least as much as it is possible to do so, given the limited lexicon. [7]

  4. Vow of silence - Wikipedia

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    The 2011 movie The Hangover: Part II featured a Buddhist monk taking a vow of silence as part of the film's plot. The 2017 television show The Good Place featured Jianyu, a Buddhist monk, taking a vow of silence. [17] The HBO TV series Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 8, Episode 5) featured a character taking a vow of silence. The episode title was ...

  5. Category:American monks - Wikipedia

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    8 languages. العربية ... American Christian monks (3 C, 20 P) Pages in category "American monks" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.

  6. List of monasteries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America, a Roman Catholic monastery located in Washington, D.C. [94] Georgetown Visitation Monastery, a Roman Catholic monastery located in Washington, D.C. [95] Saint Anselm's Abbey (Washington, D.C.), a Benedctine monastery located in Washington, D.C. [96]

  7. Buddhism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Association of American Buddhists was a group which promotes Buddhism through publications, ordination of monks, and classes. [81] Organized in 1960 by American practitioners of Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana Buddhism, it does not espouse any particular school or schools of Buddhism. It respects all Buddhist traditions as equal, and ...

  8. Zen in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Vietnamese Zen teachers in America include Thich Thien-An and Thich Nhat Hanh. Thich Thien-An came to America in 1966 as a visiting professor at UCLA and taught traditional Thien meditation. Thich Nhat Hanh was a monk in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He was a peace activist nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967 by Martin Luther King Jr.

  9. Sacred language - Wikipedia

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    A sacred language, holy language or liturgical language is a language that is cultivated and used primarily for religious reasons (like church service) by people who speak another, primary language in their daily lives. Some religions, or parts of them, regard the language of their sacred texts as in itself sacred.