Monks

The Buddhist vinaya also reflects social contracts expected of the monks, one such instance is when the people of a certain town complained about monks felling saka trees, the Buddha tells his monks that they must stop and give way to social norms.

Cases of misconduct by monks illustrate the difficulties religious institutions face in upholding integrity and ethical norms, notwithstanding the reverence and awe that Thais have for monks.

For example, she must be ordained twice, with male monks and with female monks.

Generally, Vaisnava monks shave their heads except for a small patch of hair on the back of the head, while Saivite monks let their hair and beard grow uncut.

He laicized many monks from the Mahā Vihāra Nikāya, all the monks in the other two – and then allowed the better ones among the latter to become novices in the now 'unified' Sangha, into which they would have in due course to be reordained.

He regularly corresponded with his followers and brother monks,Brother monks or brother disciples means other disciples of Ramakrishna who lived monastic lives. offering advice and financial support.

He remarked, "Many feminist scholars have emphasized the misogynistic (or at least androcentric) nature of Buddhism" and stated that Buddhism morally exalts its male monks while the mothers and wives of the monks also have important roles.

In March 1302 Bruce sent a letter to the monks at Melrose Abbey apologising for having called tenants of the monks to service in his army when there had been no national call-up.

It was natural for the learned and literate monks to be entrusted with education, and Benedictine monks were required by the Pope to maintain a charity school in 1179.

Monks returned to monasteries across Tibet and monastic education resumed even though the number of monks imposed is strictly limited.

Monks who have been ordained to the priesthood are called hieromonk (priest-monk); monks who have been ordained to the diaconate are called hierodeacon (deacon-monk).

SUNY Press, 1993, page 24. Ashoka helped and respected both Shramanas (Buddhists monks) and Brahmins (Vedic monks).

The abbot is chosen by the monks from among the fully professed monks.

The lay brothers provide material assistance to the choir monks: cooking meals, doing laundry, undertaking physical repairs, providing the choir monks with books from the library and managing supplies.

The monks paid little attention to Orestes's claims of Christianity, and one of the monks named Ammonius struck Orestes in the head with a rock, causing him to bleed profusely.

These copies joined works that had been preserved directly by Christian monks from Greek and Roman originals, as well as copies Western Christian monks made of Byzantine works.

This action gave rise to a quarrel between the White Monks and the Black Monks which lasted 20 years.

To prevent wandering monks from disturbing new plant growth or becoming stranded in inclement weather, Buddhist monks and nuns were instructed to remain in a fixed location for the roughly three-month period typically beginning in mid-July.

Addressing the briefing he said that for the first time prominent Buddhist monks from various countries will visit India and take part in the Summit.

After the news broke, hundreds of worshippers gathered at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery to protest against the eviction and in support of the monks.