What are the requirements for becoming a monk?

Conditions for becoming a Taoist priest (taking Wudang Mountain as an example):

1. Have good facial features and good social performance.

2. Have a high school education or above.

3. Monks must be ordained with the consent of their parents or relatives.

4. Be between 18 and 40 years old.

5. Hold an ID card and a letter of introduction from the local public security organ.

6. Bring your own living expenses and daily necessities for one year. About 1200 yuan.

7. Accept the test after being reviewed and approved by the president in charge of human resources.

The process of becoming a monk.

1. By applying by myself, those who live in the palace view shall submit to the palace view where they are located, those who work in the Taoist Association shall submit to the association, and the Taoist priests of the scattered Zhengyi faction shall submit to the palace view or the local Taoist association.

2. The Gongguan and Taoist associations that accept the application shall submit review opinions, and if they meet the requirements, they shall be reported to the Taoist associations of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

3. The Taoist associations of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall review the materials reported, and listen to the opinions of the Taoist associations of the cities and counties divided into districts where they are located, and make a determination.

4. If the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government where the person is located has not established a Taoist association, it shall be reported to the China Taoist Association, and the China Taoist Association shall make a determination after hearing the opinions of the Taoist association of the city or county divided into districts where the person is located.

5. Those who work in the China Taoist Association shall apply to the China Taoist Association and shall be recognized by the China Taoist Association.

6. After completing the filing procedure, the Taoist Association that recognizes the qualifications of the teaching staff will issue the certificate of Taoist teaching personnel.

Conditions for becoming a monk:

1. Good facial features, good health, six roots, no bad habits such as smoking, alcoholism, gambling, etc.

2. Be between the ages of 17 and 60 and have parental consent.

3. No legal disputes, no debts, no marital relations.

4. Have a certain level of education, junior high school or above, of course, the higher the better, but high culture is not necessarily a good thing, if you pay too much attention to words, it is often not conducive to cultivation and becomes a barrier to knowledge.

5. Those who want to become a monk can bring the written materials of their parents' consent, and their ID card and household registration certificate (issued by the police station) to the monastery where you think they are destined, and it is best to have acquaintances and introducers.

6. After arriving at the Taoist temple, everything should be done in accordance with the requirements of the temple, put down all the entertainment facilities in the world, and enter the test stage, 7. Things to do in the test stage: recite morning and evening homework, learn Taoist etiquette, and learn basic Taoist knowledge.

Taoist priest: A Taoist priest is a believer in Taoism, and his profession is to engage in Taoist activities. "Taixiaolang Shujing" said:

The pedestrian avenue is called the Taoist priest....The body and mind are logical, only the Tao is from the Tao, so he is called a Taoist. Among them, the female "Kun Dao", also known as the female crown, is commonly known as the Taoist aunt; Male Taoist priests are called "dry roads", also known as Taoists, feather scholars, feather kes, yellow crowns, etc., and are also called Taoist chiefs. According to preliminary statistics, by 2011, there were nearly 100,000 Taoist priests in China.

Currently in Chinese mainland, Taoism.

It is divided into two major factions, namely the Quanzhen Sect in the north (Wang Chongyangchuang, carried forward by the seven sons of Quanzhen), and the Zhengyi sect in the south (Zhang Ling.

Created by the Heavenly Master). Quanzhen Taoist priests need to become monks, just like monks; Those of the righteous sect can marry wives and have children, can practice at home, and do not abstain from meat except fasting.

According to Article 9 of the Measures for the Administration of Han Buddhist Monasteries in China, the conditions for becoming a monk and a nun are:

Those who wish to become 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 their parents, and agree with their families. Only those who are asked to become ordained by the monastery can be accepted to stay in the monastery after ascertaining their identity and origin, and if they are found to meet the requirements for ordination, they can be appointed as a dependent teacher, conferred the three refuges and five precepts, and after passing the examination of the Sangha for more than one year, they will be formally ordained, and the ordination will be issued in accordance with the prescribed methods and procedures.

The Tao is not the Tao, and if there is a Tao, it will destroy the demons and defend the Tao.