Very interesting stuff thank you for sharing.Lobsang Chojor wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 3:12 pmThat's because prior to the 20th century the different schools never met, a Thai Bhikshu wouldn't have met a zen priest for example.
That's because in English Catholic Priests are celibate whereas a Protestant who isn't celibate is called a vicar.In Thailand for example the monk hospital is "Priest hospital"
Japanese Priests are not Bhikshu or sramanera and therefore are not monks because of not holding the vinaya. In the same way Tibetan Ngakpas aren't monks because they don't hold monastic vows.I personally don't discriminate between married monks and non-married monks.
In Japan many monks are married so... I understand there is a difference but I accept them as monks.
The insistence on being called monks has caused trouble with conferences between Theravadin Bhikshus and Tibetan Bhikshus, as they believe mahayana practitioners aren't celibate.
Why is there no section about Mahayana Monastic life?
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If they are not ordained in a Vinaya tradition then they are not Bhikksu or Sramanera and thus they are not monks or novice monks.Chanh Dao wrote: ↑Sun Jul 12, 2020 12:58 pmMany married monks in Japan and also I believe there is a sect in Korea where the monks can marry.
They do not ordain under a vinaya that prohibits them from marriage.
Japan is the main place where you will find monks that are married. It's common in the Zen tradition and others in Japan.
As somebody mentioned: In the Tibetan Vajrayana there are separate vows for a lay "priest" class, but they are not (and are not considered by the monastic community) Bhikksu or Sramanera.
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Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
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Jetsun Milarepa 1052-1135 CE
"Butchers, prostitutes, those guilty of the five most heinous crimes, outcasts, the underprivileged: all are utterly the substance of existence and nothing other than total bliss."
The Supreme Source - The Kunjed Gyalpo
The Fundamental Tantra of Dzogchen Semde