Is Shifu an honorific title for monks, nuns, and Taoists?

Yes. It's a polite phrase. It shows everyone's respect for them.

Master, this word can actually be used on many occasions, but it is actually a better title for monks and Taoist priests.

The same can be a student's address to the teacher.

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In Buddhism, a monk is not a monk, a monk is a monk.

Buddhism talks about selflessness, nobody, and sentient beings, so the name with a secular surname is a phase. And generally all the monks have Shi as their surname. That is, if you have become a monk, there will be no nostalgia for the common family name. It is the first lesson in letting go of ego.

However, Buddhism refers to the Dharma name as an honorific title: such as Master Yinguang, Monk Jingkong, Master Xuecheng, or such and such an elder or great virtue. When facing the old master, you should only address him as "elder", or "mage", or "old monk" or "old mage", and never address him with his name.

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When the landlord meets a monk or Taoist priest he does not know, he can call him an old cultivator, which is common in Xuanmen.

The word "monk" is originally an honorific title, which means: Dharma master.

Monks, not separated from the house at all, or at home.

Dharma masters who are at home are also monks.

For example, the great monk Xuelu is in the family.

Another example: Dharma Master Marpa, not only in his family, but also in a large amount of money. Engaged in international** (sale of goods between China and India).

At the same time, he was also the founding master of Kagyu Buddhism.

As for the monks, they are called: bhikshus, or bhikshunis.

If a monk is not a Dharma master, then he is not qualified to be called a monk.

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"Monk" is an honorific title, and only those who have certain qualifications to be able to be a teacher can be called a monk, not everyone can be called. This title is not limited to men, and women who are qualified to be monks can also be called monks. However, for a long time, this term has been used as a term for ordinary monks, and it is generally regarded as a term reserved for men, and the honorific title for monks is generally "Dharma".

High monks, high people, or elders, such as Journey to the West, often called Elder Tang, high monks come from afar, in fact, we respect people with knowledge very much.

"You" is a predicate (second person), instead of the word "you", it is an honorific title. The original form of the character is "恁", which was influenced by the Altaic culture in the Jin and Yuan dynasties and integrated with the Altaic language to evolve into a new character "you", and the word "you" was originally a dialect word used in individual places in Shandong, and is now integrated into Mandarin and widely used throughout the country.

A novice monk is called a novice (meaning to be diligent and inspiring, to stop evil deeds), born at the age of 20 or older, and has received bhikshu ordination, and is called a bhikshu (meaning a beggar to beg for the Dharma and beg for food and drink). The Chinese mistakenly referred to it as "Debi Kongchu, so it is called a bhikkhu", which is also a joke). Within five years of receiving bhikshu ordination, one is not allowed to be a teacher of the same family; After five years, if you have mastered the precepts, you can become a teacher of the special skills you have learned, called a model teacher, and in Sanskrit it it is called Achariya, and you can rely on them and teach them to recite them. After ten years, he 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.