Buddhist monks
Saffron-clad contemplatives
Buddhist monks are men who have taken religious vows and live according to the teachings of Buddhism, typically in monastic communities.
They follow strict disciplines including celibacy, meditation practice, and in many traditions, daily alms collection.
Buddhist monks in orange robes lined the temple steps.
The female equivalent is Buddhist nuns.
- almsgivingGiving to the needy
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- ordination ceremonyRite conferring holy orders
- meditationFocused attention practice
lotus position · temple · nun · mindfulness · inner peace · dharma · asceticism · stupa · eightfold path · enlightenment · sangha · abbot · Theravada · chanting · barefoot · robe · elder · shaved head
- Edo Japanshogun, samurai, shogunate, daimyo, Tokugawa
- MyanmarMyanmar, Burmese, Mandalay, pagodas, colonial period
- asceticsascetic, ascetics, hermit, hermits, recluse
- Buddhist monksBuddhist nun, novice, Tibetan monks, Zen monks, abbot
- Japanese BuddhismBuddhist temples, Buddhist nuns, sects, koan, zazen
- Kashmirhouseboats, pashmina, Line of Control, Kashmiris, papier-mache
Buddhist monkslaypeople
Those outside a profession
laity · householders · materialists · ordinary people · hedonists
Buddhist monksHindu priests
Religious leaders in temples
Benedictine monks · televangelists · mullahs · evangelical preachers
Buddhist monkshedonists
Pursuers of sensual delight
materialists · sybarites · libertines · sensualists · pleasure-seekers