Why are the monks so white and tall, but the Taoist priests are as thin as pine?

Because many monks sit and chant sutras, most of them do not exercise, resulting in them being fat and tall, and many Taoist priests often go down the mountain or travel to other places, so they are very thin.

This is because monks don't have to go out to fast, while Taoist priests have to go out to fast to maintain their daily expenses.

Because Taoist priests pay attention to pure cultivation, that is, monks eat vegetarian food but can eat, while Taoist priests sometimes do not eat when they practice, so they are often not fully nourished.

Monks advocate meditation, and Taoist monks advocate mind cultivation, which is actually about the same. The relationship between fat and thin is mainly that the monk often sits for a day and eats vegetarian food, so there will be a lot of meals. Taoist priests are accustomed to practicing in the mountains, often not eating or drinking, so they are easy to lose weight.

These are only one aspect, and they are also relatively one-sided.

Monks practice Buddhist scriptures, and Taoist priests practice the Great Road. Because most of the current monks are deceitful, the monks eat very fat. Taoist priests pay more attention to health preservation, so they are relatively thin.

Because monks spend most of their time studying the Dharma and chanting sutras, they don't have much time to exercise. And Taoist priests not only cultivate their minds but also cultivate their bodies, and they usually exercise a lot. The monk's usual food is much better than that of the Taoist priest.

There are 600,000 registered monks in the country, and only 50,000 Taoists.

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It is because monks often sit and knock on wooden fish to meditate, and Taoist priests do not meditate, but often practice exercise.

Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains in the Han Dynasty, the monks at that time were not fat, but with the advancement of time, to the Tang Dynasty, everyone thought that fat was a symbol of beauty, and the empress for her own political needs so vigorously promoted Buddhism to suppress Taoism, until this time the monks in the temple began to appear rich, and it was also from this time that there was a monk fat Taoist thin in the social mountain, Buddhism emphasizes letting go, and its cultivation of the mind to avoid the world so it will slowly become fat for a long time.

Because monks always sit still and chant sutras all the time, vegetarian people are not very thin. Taoist priests generally need to cultivate their bodies, and they need to practice martial arts, so they are relatively thin.

Because the monk is always chanting sutras and rarely exercising. And most Taoist priests will exercise themselves.

Chinese culture is profound and has a long history, and many religions have emerged in the past 5,000 years. China is a country of freedom of religious belief, and the two most developed religions in China today are Buddhism and Taoism. Among them, Buddhism is the most influential.

Because Taoist priests often practice martial arts, and walk the world while monks always sit and chant scriptures, without effective exercise, they will be blessed.

Because Taoist priests need to practice every day, and monks just sit down to meditate and chant every day, it is quite normal for such a situation to occur.

is also a vegetarian, the Taoist priest is thin, but the monk is old and rich, because the Taoist priest has been eating meat before, and he has no appetite to eat without meat, and the monk has always been a vegetarian and thinks that vegetarian is a delicacy in the world.

Because most of the monks sit there motionless. And Taoist priests often exercise. Practicing martial arts.

Because Taoist priests are generally pure-hearted and have no desires, they generally eat relatively little, while monks are generally very optimistic, very open-minded, and have a very good appetite.

A person's fat and thinness do not have much to do with a person's vegetarian diet. Because of individual differences, some people still gain weight even though they don't eat meat. And some people, on the contrary, do not gain weight despite eating meat.