In Pāli, a bhikkhu (male) or bhikkhuni (female) is a fully ordained Buddhistmonk. The respective Sanskrit versions are bhikshu and bhikshuni. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (771x675, 194 KB) Summary Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (771x675, 194 KB) Summary Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... For the town and district in Rajasthan, see Pali, Rajasthan For the Ganapati temple of pali and place in Maharastra, see Ballaleshwar Pali PÄli (Devanagari पालि) is a Middle Indo-Aryan dialect or prakrit. ... A replica of an ancient statue of Gautama Buddha, found from Sarnath, near Varanasi. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... Sanskrit ( संसà¥à¤•à¥ƒà¤¤à¤®à¥) is an Indo-European classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. ...
The word literally translates as "beggar" or more broadly as "one who lives by alms". It is philologically analysed in the Pali commentary of Buddhaghosa as "the person who sees danger (in samsara or cycle of rebirth)" (Pali = bhayam. ikkhatīti bhikkhu) He therefore seeks ordination in order to release from it. A bhikkhu has taken a vow to enter the Sangha (Buddhist monastic community) and is expected to obey rules of conduct (typically around 253 for a male) as set out in the Vinaya, although there are considerable local variations in the interpretations of these rules. A novice monk or nun in the Tibetan tradition takes 36 vows of conduct. The minimum age to take bhikkhu vows is 21 years. Alms Bag taken from some Tapestry in Orleans, Fifteenth Century. ... BhadantÄcariya Buddhaghosa was a 5th century Indian Theravadin Buddhist commentator and scholar. ... Sangha is a word in Indian languages that can be translated roughly as association or assembly. It is commonly used in several senses to refer to Buddhist or Jain groups. ... The Vinaya (a word in Pali as well as in Sanskrit, with literal meaning discipline) is the textual framework for the Buddhist monastic community, or sangha. ... Tibetan Buddhism — formerly also called Lamaism, after their religious gurus known as lamas — is the body of religious Buddhist doctrine and institutions characteristic of Tibet and the Himalayan region. ...
In Pāli, a bhikkhu (male) or bhikkhuni (female) is a fully ordained Buddhistmonk.
A bhikkhu has taken a vow to enter the Sangha (Buddhist monastic community) and is expected to obey rules of conduct (typically around 253 for a male) as set out in the Vinaya, although there are considerable local variations in the interpretations of these rules.
Should any bhikkhu, overcome by lust, with altered mind, engage in bodily contact with a woman, or in holding her hand, holding a lock of her hair, or caressing any of her limbs, it entails initial and subsequent meetings of the Community.
That bhikkhu is not an exponent of the Dhamma and he is not an exponent of the Vinaya.
And should that bhikkhu, thus admonished by the bhikkhus, say about the bhikkhus, "The bhikkhus are prejudiced by favoritism, prejudiced by aversion, prejudiced by delusion, prejudiced by fear, in that for this sort of offense they banish some and do not banish others," the bhikkhus are to admonish him thus: "Do not say that, Ven.
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