Why did in ancient times there be a distinction between nunnery and temple, weren t they all believe

Gender distinction, dividing into two places to ensure that both parties do not interact with each other, can ensure that neither party breaks the vows.

Because there are fewer women monks, the nuns are in the nunnery, and most of the temples are monks, and men and women believe in Buddhism together in ancient times, and there are differences between men and women, and the division of labor between the two places is not clear, so it is necessary to divide the nunnery and the temple.

Hello dear dear, firstly, this is the respect for the Buddha, and secondly, this is the origin of the "temple" that you do not understand: in the tenth year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (67 AD), two Indian monks were invited to carry Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues with white horses to return to Luoyang, the capital of the mountain. Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was very happy to see the Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues, and was extremely polite to the two monks, personally received them, and arranged for them to live temporarily in the official office "Honglu Temple", which was in charge of foreign affairs at that time.

In the eleventh year of Liang Li Yongping (68 AD), Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty decreed the construction of a monastery in the north of the three miles of the imperial road outside the Xiyong Gate in Luoyang. In commemoration of the White Horse Sutra, it was named "White Horse Temple". The word "temple" is derived from the word "temple" of "Honglu Temple", and later the word "temple" became a general name for Chinese temples.

Therefore, the "temple" is already a high respect for Buddhism. Due to the emergence of female monks later, the society was not peaceful at that time, so the women's dojo was generally not open to the public, so it became "an" (in ancient Chinese, the original meaning of "an" is "house closed to the public"). Later, it became a place where women lived.

It should be said the other way around. There are often nunnery on the edge of the monastery. Because there are many temples and few nunnery.

Therefore, there may not be a nunnery next to the temple. Nuns are commonly known as nuns, and in Buddhism they are called bhikshunis, and they are female monks. This has to do with the precepts made by the Buddha.

That is, the Eight Honorific Dharmas. [Eight Respectful Precepts] is also known as the Eight Respects Dharma, the Eight Respect Teachings, the Eight Respects of the Dharma, the Eight Forbidden Laws, etc., referred to as the Eight Respects, because they all stipulate that the nuns should respect and respect the bhikshus, so later generations call it the "Eight Respects Dharma".

1. A 100-year-old nun should be ordained as a bhikshu at the beginning of the ceremony;

2. Do not scold the bhikkhus, do not slander the bhikshus;

3. Bhikshunis are not allowed to lift bhikshus, but bhikshus are allowed to lift bhikshunis.

4. Bhikshunis who have full ordination must receive it in the two sangha (first do the Dharma among the nuns, and then ask the bhikshu monks to ordain them);

5. A bhikshuni who commits the crime of being a monk should be expelled from the two divisions;

6. Ask the monks for advice every half month;

7. Do not live with the bhikshus in the summer and settle down in the summer, nor stay away from the bhikshus' dwellings for the summer (for the convenience of asking for advice);

8. To live in peace and perfection, the bhikshu should be asked to act for the bhikshuni to see, hear, and suspect the three kinds of self-indulgence (free to raise sins).

In Buddhism, it is generally called a temple, and the relatively small ashram where the bhikshunis (female monks) practice is sometimes called an anthem, and the temple is not a Buddhist dojo word, but a place to worship ancestors and ghosts and gods in ancient China is called a temple, and a Taoist dojo is generally called a temple or a palace. Namaste wishes auspicious, Amitabha.

Temple: The temple was originally the name of the lawsuit in ancient China, and Luo Bi Zhiyu said: "Han set up Honglu Temple to treat guests from all over the world."

Yongping Buddhism into China, the museum Morteng Flange in Honglu Temple. In the following year, the White Horse Temple was established outside the West Yongmen Gate of Luoyang City, and the hall was not a long-term residence in Honglu, so it was not built. It is still named after the temple, and the monk is a guest of the West, and if it is treated as a guest, this China has the beginning of the monk temple.

See also Qing Yi Tongzhi. Foreign monks originally lived in our country to entertain foreign guests of the Honglu Temple, and later did not build a residence, but also in the name of "temple", which is the origin of Buddhism called the temple.

Temple: In ancient China, there was a royal temple to worship ancestors, and a family temple for scholars to worship ancestors, and the temple not only worships ancestors, but also worships gods. 、

An: An, originally a grass name, called Anlu, can be built when you are old. When Chinese monks build houses in secluded places, they also often use the nunnery, which becomes a small thatched hut, and after a long time, they call these huts 'nunnery', and the word nunnery becomes 'nunnery' later, which is said to be the reason for building a house with tiles.

Today, the place where the nuns live is mostly called 'nunnery', commonly known as the nunnery. Most of the monks' residences are monasteries.

View, according to the "Erya Liberation Palace", the view is called "the double network in front of the palace gate". Taoist temples say that "view" begins in the ancient building view of Zhouzhi County, Shaanxi, that is, the view of the end of the South Mountain Tower. "Yuanjian Class Letter" is located in the fourth department.

Guan Yi, quoting the "Interpretation of Names", said: "Yin Xi knotted the grass as a building, thought about the Tao, and King Zhou Kang worshiped as a doctor." To be able to see, put this house as the view of the grass building.

That is, the beginning of the view". "Barnyard History": "King Mu of Zhou is a good immortal, summoning Yin Rail, Du Zhong lives in Nanshan, Yin Zhenren grass building is famous because of the number view, and it is a famous view of the land of immortals."

Historical Records Feng Zen Book": Gongsun Qingri: "Immortals can see ......."

And the immortals live in good buildings". So he ordered Chang'an to be a curtain and a view of Gui and a sweet spring to benefit and prolong life, so that Qing held the festival and waited for the gods. This is the origin of the Taoist temple view.

The temple was originally a place to worship ancestors, that is, the ancestral temple. The places where superstitious people offer to the gods are also called temples, such as the Dragon King Temple and the Land Temple. In the era of feudal society, the so-called virtuous and talented people can also set up temples to worship, such as Guandi Temple and Yue Temple. In addition, the place where the emperor dealt with political affairs was called a temple.

Temple, originally meant to be an official office, such as the Han Dynasty Imperial History Mansion, also known as the Imperial History Temple. Temple also refers to ** institutions, such as Taichang Temple and Dali Temple. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Buddhism was introduced to China, and after that, the temple also referred to the monastery (the place where the monks lived).

Now it can also be said that the temple is the preaching place of foreign religions, the temple is the place where the descendants of Yan and Huang commemorate the national mourning, loyalty and filial piety and other people, the temple is for the Buddha, the temple is for the gods, and it is the idol of people

Not necessarily. Temples.

In fact, in the earliest Taoism, it was called a temple, and the temple could be used by any god, not just Buddhism. The temple is the place of worship for all cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods.

Later, Buddhism developed, so the temple became more and more famous.

Nuns are the abbreviation of bhikshunis, and it is said that women have serious obstacles, so the practice conditions are stricter than those of monks, and they are not allowed to move around at will. Naturally, it is not as good as a temple where monks live to pray for blessings for people who come and go.

This was just a local rule, and the place where the nuns lived was a nunnery, and at that time no men were allowed to enter.

Because there is a clear rule in the nunnery, you cannot enter casually, but the monk's temple can enter and exit at will.

It is used to distinguish the practice of monks and nuns, and it is also used to play a certain protective role.

When Chinese monks built houses in secluded places, they also used to use the nunnery, which became a small thatched hut, and after a long time, these huts were called 'nunnery'.

After all, in ancient times, there were differences in the identities of men and women, even if they both believed in Buddhism, but there was a big difference.

I think it's a kind of difference, and it doesn't make much sense just by looking at the kanji, but it's through the difference in the name.

I think it plays a certain role in distinguishing because if it is also called a temple, it is very likely that it will not be distinguishable.

1. Conditions: 1. Good facial features, good health, six roots, no bad habits. 2. Be between the ages of 17 and 60, with the consent of your parents. 3. No legal disputes, no debts, no marital relations. 4. Have a certain level of education, junior high school or above.

5. Take the written materials of your parents' consent, ID card, household registration certificate, and physical examination certificate to the temple where you think you are destined. 6. After arriving at the monastery, you should do everything according to the requirements of the monastery, put down all the entertainment facilities in the world, and enter the test stage, 7. Things to do in the test stage: recite the five lessons, learn the novice rituals, and learn the basic knowledge of Buddhism.

2. If you are a woman, you can go to Baique Nunnery in Xingtai, Hebei, Kaifu Temple, Yuquan Temple in Changsha, Thousand Buddha Pagoda Temple in Meizhou, Guangdong, Hong'an Tiantai Temple in Hubei, Fajing Temple in Hangzhou, and Chongfu Temple in Fuzhou are all good places for women to become monks and practice.