Monk at The Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
Monk at The Royal Ontario Museum, Canada
Published 2015-08-11T14:02:33+00:00
A bhikkhu is an ordained monastic ("monk") in Buddhism. A female monastic ("nun") is called a bhikkhuni.
The lives of all Buddhist monastics governed by a set of rules called theprātimokṣa or pātimokkha. Their lifestyle is shaped to support their spiritual practice: to live a simple and meditative life and attain nirvana.
A person under the age of 20 cannot be ordained as a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni but can be ordained as a śrāmaṇera or śrāmaṇērī.
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Date published | 11/08/2015 |
Title | Monk |
Place | Royal Ontario Museum |