Tibetan monk
Buddhist in Lhasa
A Tibetan monk is a man who has taken religious vows in Tibetan Buddhism, typically living in a monastery and following practices of meditation, study, and ritual.
Tibetan monks are recognizable by their maroon robes and often shaved heads.
The term evokes images of remote Himalayan monasteries and contemplative spiritual discipline: The Tibetan monks chanted prayers at dawn.
- robesLong loose outer garments
- meditationFocused attention practice
- mandalasRitual circular diagrams
- sand mandalaColored granules arranged spiritually
- prayer wheelsRotating Buddhist devotional cylinders
prayer flags · chanting · enlightenment · novice training · communal meals · Four Noble Truths · celibacy vows · morning prayers · reincarnation belief · prostrations · mountain retreat · sacred texts · offerings · sangha · sacred mountains · sky burial · Dalai Lama · butter tea
Tibetan monkhedonist
Seeker of sensual satisfaction
Wall Street banker · materialist · playboy · libertine · party animal
Tibetan monkwarlord
Military ruler by force
conqueror · dictator · robber baron · tyrant · emperor
Tibetan monkatheist
One denying gods exist
televangelist · megachurch pastor · secular humanist · materialist · Protestant minister
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