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The life of the monk or nun in a community is much more complex than the life of the forest monk. In the Buddhist society of Sri Lanka, most monks spend hours every day in taking care of the needs of lay people such as preaching bana, [212] accepting alms, officiating funerals, teaching dhamma to adults and children in addition to providing ...
Thai Theravada Buddhist monks (1 C, 42 P) Pages in category "Theravada Buddhist monks" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.
In Theravada Buddhism, the Pāṭimokkha is the basic code of monastic discipline, consisting of 227 rules for fully ordained monks and 311 for nuns (bhikkhuṇīs). It is contained in the Suttavibhaṅga , a division of the Vinaya Piṭaka .
Ajahn Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (May 27, 1906 - May 25, 1993) became a Buddhist monk at Wat Ubon, Chaiya, Surat Thani in Thailand on July 29, 1926, when he was twenty years old, in part to follow the tradition of the day and to fulfill his mother’s wishes. His preceptor gave him the Buddhist name “Inthapanyo” which means “The wise one”.
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana is a Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist monk.He is affectionately known as Bhante G. [1] Bhante Gunaratana is currently the abbot of the Bhavana Society, a monastery and meditation retreat center that he founded in High View, West Virginia, in 1985.
In 1967, while still a graduate student, Bodhi was ordained as a sāmaṇera (novice) in the Vietnamese Mahayana order. [4] In 1972, after graduation, he traveled to Sri Lanka, where, under Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero, [5] he received sāmaṇera ordination in the Theravada Order and, in 1973, received full ordination (upasampadā) as a Theravāda bhikkhu or monk.
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.
Ajahn Viradhammo or Luang Por Viradhammo (born Vitauts Akers, April 27, 1947) is a Canadian monk in the Thai forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism.He was ordained as a monk in 1974 by Ajahn Chah at Wat Nong Pah Pong monastery and became one of the first residents at Wat Pah Nanachat, the international monastery in north-east Thailand. [1]