are all buddhist monks celibate?
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Apart from certain schools in Japan and Tibet, most who choose to practice Buddhism as ordained monks and nuns, also choose to live in celibacy. Sex is seen as a serious monastic transgression. ... In the case of monasticism, abstaining completely from sex is seen as a necessity in order to reach enlightenment.
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Yes, Buddhist monks can get tattoos! Perhaps the most famous example of this are the monks of Wat Bang Phra. The Buddhist monks of this Thailand based temple practice the sacred art of Sak Yant tattoos. But however, believe it or not, there are many different monks who are also tattooed.
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Yes. First of all, in most of the Eastern Catholic Churches: Of the 24 autonomous (sui iuris) churches in the Catholic communion, only the Latin Church and Syro-Malabar Church require celibacy of its presbyterate as a norm. So, priests of the 22 other Eastern Catholic Churches may be either married or monastic.
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As a religion, Buddhism is neither monotheistic nor polytheistic. There is no personal god or monotheistic creator God in Buddhism, as there is in Christianity, Judaism or Islam.
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fundamentally, you can be Buddhist family monk, the one who practise at home. No problem. But if you strictly want to be a monk then you can visit family, but has to live inside the monastery all the time. ... The definition of monk or bhikkhu is one who lives by alms.
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Bishops must be unmarried men or widowers; a married man cannot become a bishop. In Latin Church Catholicism and in some Eastern Catholic Churches, most priests are celibate men.
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Generally speaking, no, Buddhist monks and nuns are not allowed to own guitars or other musical instruments. ... I know that the commentaries in the Theravada tradition include a prohibition against even touching any musical instrument.
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Celibacy for religious and monastics (monks and sisters/nuns) and for bishops is upheld by the Catholic Church and the traditions of both Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy. Bishops must be unmarried men or widowers; a married man cannot become a bishop.
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Monastery: Technically speaking, monks and nuns live in monasteries with restricted access to the outside world. Monasteries are places where only women as nuns reside or where only men as monks live. ... The religious sisters who teach in parochial schools technically aren't nuns — they're religious sisters.
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In the United States, the Military Ordinariate only accepts presbyters (“priests”) as chaplains. Priests are almost always celibate in the Latin Church, so therefore would not be married.
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Buddhist do not take a strong stance pro or against castration or anything similar, like testing on animals. There is no simple yes or no answer. Yes, to alleviate suffering. No, for religious, punishment or cosmetic reasons.
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The monks consume fewer calories than the general population, but more of them are obese. ... Monks are forbidden to eat after midday, so to keep their energy up, many rely on highly sweetened beverages, including energy drinks.
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It's what the Buddha did on his path to enlightenment, so the Vinaya – the rules he put together for monks to follow – say they should do the same. ... So like other social conventions, Buddhist monks give it up. They can't buy or sell anything, get cash out of the bank or even give or accept charitable donations.
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Monastics in Japan are particularly exceptional in the Buddhist tradition because the monks and nuns can marry after receiving their higher ordination. ... Some Korean monks live with wives in their monasteries. Monks of certain Chinese Buddhist sects are allowed to marry, such as in historical Yunnan, Lingnan and Taiwan.
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In Latin Church Catholicism and in some Eastern Catholic Churches, most priests are celibate men. Exceptions are admitted and there are over 200 married Catholic priests who converted from the Anglican Communion and Protestant faiths.
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Many Tibetan Buddhists eat meat. The Himalayas are not fertile ground for much agriculture and, although the monks don't kill the animal or break an egg, they eat the flesh or the cooked egg.
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Monks are obliged to graciously accept anything that's offered to them, whatever it may be. ... But a lot of Buddhists might take issue with this - whilst the monks aren't actually handling any money, they are securing their material well-being by profiting from the lay community's need for shelter and spiritual guidance.