Why do people often hate monks but not Taoists?

Because monks generally close their doors in troubled times and don't ask about world affairs, while Taoist priests come forward, monks who are stable in the world open the temple door to collect incense money, and Taoist priests return to the mountain and don't ask about world affairs

Monks mainly talk about fasting and asceticism, and they are not close to women. Taoist priests talk about humility and quietness, focusing on collecting yin and supplementing yang, and living forever. This kind of theory of not going through hardship is generally more popular with the common people.

Monks don't ask about the world, they don't get what they get, they are greedy for pleasure, they chant scriptures on their lips, they don't have scriptures in their hearts, they put on a show, and they collect money for incense.

Because the Taoist priest hangs the pot to help the world, the monk only knows the fate. There is also a Taoist priest in troubled times, a monk in a prosperous era.

Taoism is native to China, and Buddhism was introduced from India. At that time, there was a saying in ancient times that the monk in the prosperous era circled the money, and the monk in the troubled era closed the door. The Taoist priest of the prosperous era went up the mountain to clear the mountain, and the Taoist priest of the troubled era went down the mountain flat. Therefore, in ancient times, Taoism was more sympathetic to the people.

Because there is a saying among the people that when the Taoist priest saves people in troubled times, the monk closes the door and takes refuge; In the heyday, the Taoist priest returned to the mountains and forests, but the monk opened the door to collect money.

Because many of the temples are full of gold, the monks live more comfortably than ordinary people, which is obviously not in line with what they call penance. Such an approach is obviously the appearance of a sanctimonious hypocrite.

I think it may be because Taoist priests are the inheritance of China's local heritage, and they are basically historical celebrities, the founder of Taoism, Lao Tzu, needless to say, and the familiar Zhang Sanfeng is also, his Taijiquan is still a treasure of China.

One is that the number of monks is more than that of Taoist priests, and the other is that monks are better developed and more common in Chinese society, while Taoist priests are relatively rarer and have little contact.

Because the religious beliefs of monks have a very clear concept of right and wrong, good and evil, black and white, and even exclude other religious beliefs, Taoist priests belong to Taoism, Taoist teachings are more flexible, sleek, sophisticated and modest, people in society have to be moderate because of reality, which leads to everyone is not disgusted with Taoist priests, and the religious nature of monks may be harmful to themselves, so everyone often hates monks and does not hate Taoist priests.

Because Taoist priests are more able to speak well, clever words, and monks, like straight men, what monks say without slang is too hurtful.

Because of the Taoist priest in troubled times, the monk in prosperous times. The Taoist priest will hang the pot to help the world when he goes down the mountain, and the monk will know that he wants money when he goes down the mountain.

Moreover, Buddhism was actually introduced to China in the later period, and at that time it was mainly spread in the upper class of our country, and was not in contact with ordinary people. And those rich people in order to believe in Buddhism, built a lot of Buddhist temples, Buddhist sculptures, this kind of things consume a lot of manpower, material resources, financial resources, this tone of the people can not be to those who have the power, can only sprinkle the gas to the monks in those temples. Generally speaking, Taoism is a native religion of our country, which is more down-to-earth and more in line with the ideological values of our Chinese, which is why Mr. Lu Xun will say such things.

Because there is a saying that the monks in the prosperous times collect money, and the Taoist priests in the troubled times go down the mountain. It means that the monks in the prosperous era came down to preach, and the monks closed the mountain gate in the troubled times and did not care about the world, and the Taoist priest was just the opposite, so the Taoist priest was more recognized in people's hearts.

Lu Xun used Taoist priests to refer to our local culture, while monks are Buddhism, foreign culture, of course, people are more accepting of our own things, they must like Taoist priests, not monks.

Because in troubled times, there are many examples of Taoist priests going out of the mountains to save the world, but monks are not, in troubled times, they leave the world, and the prosperous times will return to the world.

"Monk" originally came from the Sanskrit word, which means "teacher". Monk is an honorific title, and only those who have certain qualifications to be able to be called a teacher can be called a monk, not everyone can be called a monk. This title is not limited to men, and women who are qualified to be monks can also be called monks.

Later, however, the word was customarily used as a term for ordinary monks, and it was generally regarded as a noun for men, which was inconsistent with the original meaning. [This paragraph] explains that harmony is the collective name of the Three Realms, Shang, and even the supreme meaning, and the title of "monk" in the Huazang world can only be called by Shakya, but later generations did call all the bhikshus monks, perhaps because after Shakyamunia, the living bhikshus were the first blessed fields in the world.

The word monk is purely derived from the pronunciation of the Western Regions, and in India it is commonly referred to as the secular doctor as Wu Xie, in Khotan it is called Heshe or Hesha (khosha), and in China it is translated as monk (see the Records of the Sacred Collection). Therefore, in the outer ways of India, there are also monks and monks and nuns (Zaaham, juan 9, 253, 255, etc.). ）

It can be seen that the word monk is not a proper noun of Buddhism, but in Buddhism, it does have its basis, the Buddhist Vinaya, called the shaving master and the precept teacher as upadhyaya, and the word "and" is based on this, the word monk is a mistake in the Chinese language, the earliest seen in the Chinese language, may be Shi Le's belief in Buddha Tucheng and the name of Buddha Tucheng as a great monk. However, in the Vinaya, monks are often not used, but the word harmony is used to distinguish it from the vulgar errors, because, according to the original meaning of Ubo Daya, it should be translated as a pro-teacher, and only after receiving bhikshu ordination for more than ten years and being familiar with the two major Vinayas of bhikshus and bhikshunis can one be qualified to ordain and ordain others, and be called Ubo Daya. This is not only different from the evil cult commonly known as the doctor in India, but also different from the Chinese misinformation of the monk The old monk is an old monk, the little novice is a little monk, and even a Mao dog may not grow up, so it can also be named a monk.

In the Buddhist system, a person who is a new monk is called a novice (meaning to be diligent and inspiring, to stop evil deeds), to be born at the age of 20 and to receive bhikshu ordination, and is called a bhikshu (meaning a beggar to beg for the Dharma and beg for food and drink). The Chinese mistakenly refer to it as Debikonchu, so it is called Bhikkhu, which is also a joke). Within five years of being ordained as a bhikshu, one is not allowed to be a teacher of the same familyAfter five years, if you have mastered the precepts, you can become a teacher of the specialties you have learned, called a model teacher, and in Sanskrit it it is called an ariya, and you can rely on it and teach people to recite itAfter ten years, you can be a parent-teacher;After twenty years, it is called Theravada;When they reach more than fifty years, they are called elders of the elderly.