Buddhist monk

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• Buddhist monk — monk of the Buddhist religion (nontheistic religion founded by the Buddha) …   English contemporary dictionary

• Lokanatha (Italian Buddhist Monk) — Infobox revolution biography name=Venerable U Lokanatha lived=1897 ndash; May 25 1966 caption=The Venerable U Lokanatha. alternate name= Salvatore Cioffi placeofbirth=Italy placeofdeath=Maymyo,BurmaLokanatha (1897 May 25, 1966) was an Italian… …   Wikipedia

• Prajna (Buddhist Monk) — Prajñā (Sanskrit; Chinese:般若三藏, sometimes abbreviated in 般若, Banruo ), was an important 9th century Buddhist monk from Gandhara, born in the area of modern Kabul, Afghanistan.He visited China during the Tang dynasty, and contributed several… …   Wikipedia

• Buddhist temples in Huế — have long been an important part of the city s consciousness. The city was founded during the nam tien southward expansion of Vietnam in the 16th century and Buddhism was introduced to the lands of the former territory of Champa, which was Hindu …   Wikipedia

• monk — [ mʌŋk ] noun count * a man who lives in a religious community away from other people. Monks live in a building called a monastery: a Franciscan/Buddhist monk ╾ monk|ish adjective: a monkish life ─ compare NUN …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Monk — For other uses, see Monk (disambiguation). St. Anthony the Great, considered the Father of Christian Monasticism A monk (from Greek: μοναχός, monachos, single, solitary [1]) is a person who practices religious asceticism, living either alone or… …   Wikipedia

• Buddhist ethics — The foundation of Buddhist ethics for laypeople is the Pancasila: no killing, stealing, lying, sexual misconduct, or intoxicants. That is, in becoming a Buddhist or affirming one s commitment to Buddhism a layperson is encouraged to vow to… …   Wikipedia

• Buddhist Publication Society — The Buddhist Publication Society is a charity whose goal is to explain and spread the doctrine of the Buddha. It was founded in Sri Lanka in 1958 by two Sri Lankan Buddhist laymen, A.S. Karunaratna and Richard Abeyasekera, and a European born… …   Wikipedia

• monk — /mungk/, n. 1. (in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, esp. as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. 2. (in any… …   Universalium

• monk */ — UK [mʌŋk] / US noun [countable] Word forms monk : singular monk plural monks a man who lives in a religious community away from other people. Monks live in a building called a monastery a Franciscan/Buddhist monk • See: nun Derived word: monkish… …   English dictionary

• monk — /mʌŋk / (say mungk) noun a man who has withdrawn from the world from religious motives, either as an eremite or, especially, as a member of an order of coenobites living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, according to a rule: a… …