Are monks and nuns both Buddhist professions having the same social status?

Updated on society 2024-07-27
15 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-13

    Monks and nuns are the sameBuddhismProfession, neither of them needs social status, so the social status of both of them is the same. Because Buddhism pays attention to jumping out of the red dust and not asking about worldly things, they do not seek social status, let alone people in society, so they have no social status. Social status generally refers to the social status of a person in the city.

    And monks and nuns are all in Buddhism, so they are outside the red dust, not in the real society. So to talk about their social status, we can only analyze it by their position in their own sect. Next, I will analyze the status of monks and nuns in society.

    1. Monks and nuns are both monks and will be respected in societyMonks and nuns are monks, and they all believe in Buddhism. Therefore, in China, where Buddhism is more widely spread, people respect monks and nuns more, because they are all Buddhists. Therefore, if monks and nuns come to the real society, people in the society will see their status as high.

    Monks and nuns are all monks and are respected by others, and they will not be divided into three, six, nine and so on.

    2. Monks and nuns are both members of Buddhism, and Buddhism emphasizes the equality of all beingsAlthough Buddhism has a strict hierarchy, the teachings within Buddhism pay attention to the equality of all beings. So under the education of Buddhism, monks and nuns are also sentient beings, and they are also equal. Then their identities are divided into levels in society, and everyone should be equal.

    So in their own opinion, the social status of monks and nuns should be the same.

    3. Although monks and nuns are equal, there are still differences in the minds of the world, although in their own eyes, the social status of monks and nuns is the same. However, it is inevitable that there will be people who divide them into ranks, and at this time, the status of monks in the eyes of the laity is generally higher than that of nuns. Because in the inherent thinking, the status of men is higher than that of women.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-12

    The two Buddhist professions of monks and nuns have always had the same social status, both in terms of social status and in the field of religion, so there is no influence on this aspect, they are of equal status.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-11

    In fact, to be precise, of course, the social status of monks is different, relatively speaking, the social status of monks is higher, because the number of monks is a little more than the number of nuns.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-10

    No, the social status of nuns is lower, which is affected by the low status of women in feudal society.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-09

    It must be a monk.

    Generally speaking, the status of women in ancient times, even nuns would be lower than that of monks as men, that's for sure.

    And in ancient Buddhism, the bodhisattvas were mostly men, and the status of monks and nuns would be separated in the eyes of the world.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-08

    Nuns belong to Buddhism.

    Nun is a common name for bhikshuni in China, which is a transliteration of Sanskrit, also translated as bhikhuni, etc. Translated as beggar woman except for the woman or the lavender, also known as the salmoni or simply the nun.

    The title nun is actually slightly inconsistent with Buddhist etiquette, and it is a title produced in combination with Chinese folklore. The monks live in the temple, and the nuns live in the nunnery. Those who practice Buddhism usually read Buddhist scriptures with Shakyamuni as their teacher, and those who practice to liberate themselves from troubles and achieve the Buddha's path to Mahayana can attain the Buddhahood of Arhat Bodhisattva.

    China's first nun:

    According to the Biography of a Bhikshuni written by Liang Baosing of the Southern Dynasty, the first bhikshuni in China to cut his hair and receive ordination according to the precepts was the Jingguan of Zhulin Temple in Luoyang. The common surname of Jingzhen is Zhong, the name is Lingyi, and he is a native of Pengcheng (now Xuzhou). His father's name is Zhong Dan, who once served as a mighty Taishou in Gansu.

    She was diligent and studious when she was young, and she was especially good at piano, calligraphy and painting, and was a versatile woman.

    During the Jianxing period of the Western Jin Dynasty (313 317), the Jingjian was issued from the monk Zhishan of Shamen in the Western Regions, received the ten precepts, and became the first monk and nun in China. Jingjian and 24 people with the same aspirations established the first temple of nuns at the west gate of Luoyang Palace City, Zhulin Temple.

    During the reign of Jin Xiankang (335 342), the foreign Shamen Tanma set up an altar on the ship, pontoon the Surabaya pontoon boat to pass the ordination, and four people including Jingjian ascended the altar in the boat and received full ordination from the monk. Jingzhen became the first woman in China to become a monk according to the ordination, and is regarded as the first bhikshuni in China. He passed away at the age of 70.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    Nuns generally refer to bhikshunis. Bhikkhuni (Sanskrit bhikkhuni), is a transliteration of Sanskrit, Buddhist terms, also known as bhikkhuni, bhikkhuni, nuns, nuns, dongnu, and sammoni, who have reached the age of 20 and have received full ordination, is called a bhikshuni.

  8. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    1.Taoist priests have Taoist certificates.

    The Taoist certificate (clergy certificate) is an identity certificate issued to Taoist clergy under the supervision of the State Administration of Ethnic and Religious Affairs of China, uniformly printed by the China Taoist Association, and filed by the Provincial Department of Ethnic and Religious Affairs.

    Only a Taoist priest of the Zhengyi sect or a Taoist priest of the Quanzhen sect who has passed the transmission of the Taoist priesthood or the crown scarf is eligible to obtain a Taoist certificate (clergy certificate).

    2.Nuns and monks have degrees.

    The ordination is a certificate issued by ** institutions to public ordained monks and nuns to prove their legal identity, while ordination is a certificate issued by the monastic institution and ordination master to the ordained monks and nuns to prove their qualifications.

    Measures for the Administration of Han Buddhist Monasteries in ChinaChapter 3 Article 9 provides.

    Chapter 3 Acceptance of Disciples and Management of the Sangha.

    Article 9 requires that a person who is a monk must be voluntary, have sufficient six roots (including no physical defects), be in good health, believe in Buddhism, be patriotic and law-abiding, have a certain cultural foundation, have the permission of his parents, and have the consent of his family. For those who are required to become ordained by the monastery, after ascertaining their identity and origin, and finding that they meet the requirements for ordination, they can accept to stay in the monastery, appoint a dependent teacher, confer the three refuges and five precepts, and pass the inspection of the Sangha for more than one year, and then formally shave the ordination, and issue the ordination according to the prescribed methods and procedures.

  9. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    To say that it is Buddhism is actually more in line with the ...... of Jainism and BrahmanismIt's just not like the four...

    Buddhist monks are called Venerables! Only in Xishuangbanna, China....

  10. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    In the end, monks and Buddhism have nothing to do with true Buddhism. Buddhism is the Dharma of the mind, and it has no necessary relationship with Buddhism and monks.

  11. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Yes, the monk took refuge in Buddhism.

  12. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    There is no Amitabha Buddha in the south, and it is not the monk who has received the bhikshu ordination to become a true monk, and he is not a monk who has been allowed to become a monk after being ordained by the temple. It's not that you have a Buddha in your mouth, and you have a Buddha in your heart.

    In other words, if you don't take bhikshu ordination but practice according to the standard of a bhikshu, that is a bhikshu, ordinary people don't recognize you, but the Buddha recognizes you. Even if you don't practice as a monk in the temple, practice at home, and do it: "Filial piety to your parents, serving your teachers, being compassionate and not killing, and cultivating ten good karma."

    "Accept the three returns, have sufficient precepts, and do not commit prestige". Deeply believe in cause and effect, recite Mahayana, and persuade those who carry it out". These three things are called the pure karma of the Buddhas of the three worlds.

    If you do all of the above, you are a true monk, ordinary people don't recognize you, but the Buddha recognizes you. I don't chant the Buddha on my lips, but I learn from the Buddha, what the Buddha does, I do it myself, not to worship the Buddha and ask for this and that, but to be kind and to the Buddha, this is to believe in the Buddha.

    Being a monk in the mortal world is just a name, and if the purpose of becoming a monk is to make money, for a certain profession, it is to indirectly slander the Dharma, and the retribution will be in the Abi Hell and the Infernal Hell of the Infernal Hell. As the saying goes, there are many monks in front of the gates of hell. Some people heard that when the monks were very profitable and became monks, they found that the monks in Thailand could get about 10,000 yuan a month, so they moved the "greedy" heart and became a monk, and then found that they did not have a bachelor's degree or even a master's degree, and even did not have a disciple and were not allowed to become a monk and not be recognized by the temple and had a "hatred" heart, did not know how to believe in Buddhism and cared about the name in confusion, but worshiped the Buddha and begged for this and that, and then gave rise to a "stupid" heart to satisfy their own desires.

    Sadly, the phrase that a monk is a profession arouses the greed, hatred, and stupidity of ordinary people. If all the people in the temple raise the threshold for being a monk, if they all regard being a monk as a mortal profession, and if they all regard the temple as their own family and their own personal property instead of the permanent residence of the ten directions, then they will all fall into hell. The purpose of cultivation is to cut off greed, hatred, and ignorance, but they cultivate and cultivate greed, hatred, and ignorance, how do they cultivate?

    The Bodhisattva Mahasattva, the king of the land of Nan no Great Wish.

  13. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    There are too many people who are monks for their profession. Becoming a monk has little to do with the monk's profession.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    The great Han Buddhism has benefited countless sentient beings and has great merits.

    But in Chinese mainland, in recent years, problems have indeed arisen. Infiltrated by the devil.

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    There are too many people who make a career out of monks.

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