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-A Buddhist Monk have several in common with a layperson, one of this is the attainment of Nirvana.

Nirvana is coming when all desire and suffering have been eliminated and the cycle of rebirths or Samsara ceases.

The Buddha preached Four Noble Truths: life is suffering, suffering is initiated by desire and suffering ends when desire is eliminated. Following the Noble Eight-Fold Path is the way to achieve this.

The first step for a Buddhist Monk is Sila or morality which means speak in the right way, right conduct and the correct way of life. A Buddhist Monk and other Buddhists too gains Sila on observance of the Five Precepts, no killing, no lying, no stealing, no sexual misconduct and no drugs, this includes alcohol.

The second stage is Samadhi or mental discipline, which means the right endeavor, right mindfulness and correct meditation.

The third stage is Panna or wisdom and insight, made up of the right views and the correct intent.

The Buddha started the Order of the Sangha or (monks) and the Order of Bilkkuni (nuns) for men and women wishing live a life of purity, austerity and self-discipline. To achieve one’s goal although the spiritual progress is expedited by this process. A layperson can also become an Arahat (Saint) and proceed to his or her final destination.

-A Buddhist Monks journey to enlightenment.

Around 630 A.D. Hsuan Tsang, a highly respected 26-year-old Buddhist monk from China started his quest to India and Nepal in search of Buddhist scriptures and

teachers. Since all Tripitaka translations available at that time didn't look very genuine he tried to find the real one and sought instruction in the true teachings of the Buddha.


The journey was a difficult one, crossing deserts and the Himalaya mountains which divided China from India.

Another China home made problem was that the Chinese emperor of that time had forbidden travel to the West. This young Buddhist monk had to hide his identity until passing the border.

The monks quest lasted 17 years, traveling through much of Central Asia and India. He studied at the most famous Buddhist monastery of the time and gained high respect in an 18-day debate attended by thousands of monks.

The Buddhist monk returned to China, where he received a positive welcome from the emperor and spent his later years translating Buddhist texts into Chinese. He become one of the most famous travelers in the history of China and had a major influence on later Chinese Buddhism.

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Buddhist Monks in Monastery
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Buddhist Monks in Thailand

The Chinese folk story, a Journey to the West, is based on his trip.

A typical Buddhist monk’s day begins with prayers, meditation and a walk around with alms bowl to collect some food. This is usually followed by lessons and interpretations of Buddhist scriptures and the usual daily activities such as cooking, eating, cleaning etc.

In a monastery there are novices, usually kids and monks over about 20 years, over this age Monks are ordinated, below they are novices.

The smaller boys around in the typical saffron or red robes are either attending the monastery school or are living in the monastery either because they are orphans and have no other place to go or they are sent from their families to stay in the monastery for a while.

The photos of the Buddhist monks show part of their lives and the area around them. Their work has a visible dedication to bring a better live to the community and improve the monastery they live in.

Buddhist Monks teaching the novices and preserve the culture.

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Buddhist monk meditation
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Buddhist monks of the monastery
Monks and Novices in a Bagan Monastery
Monks and Novices in a Bagan Monastery
Buddhist Monks on food request
Buddhist Monks on food request
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Buddhist Monks teaching
Buddhist Novices
Buddhist Novices

-Sometimes Buddhist Monks live in danger, we have seen this on TV during the last uprising in Myanmar and here is a example from neighboring Thailand.

The Buddhist conservationist monk Phra Supoj was stabbed to death at the dhamma sanctuary on June 17, 2005. The killing took place at the Mettadhamma Forest Sanctuary Centre in Fang district of Chiang Mai. A team of the Department of Special Investigation took over the case.

The investigating team was changed in 2007 when former judge Sunai Monamai-Udom was in charge of the DSI. Mr Sunai believed the first team had overlooked important points and over-emphasized the monk's alleged sexual misconduct, since the first group of investigators said they found plenty of pornographic photo files on a hard disk seized from his computer notebook and concluded the death of the monk was related to a love affair.

The new team of investigators to find out the real background of the Buddhist Monks death, sent the hard disk to the Information and Communication Technology Ministry for inspection and they found a number of files were added after his death. The Buddhist monk Phra Supoj was stabbed to death on June 17, 2005. "But between October 2005 and January 2006, his hard disk had 4,000 new files added. Among them are 1,120 photo files," a police source said. Investigators have narrowed the murder down to two possibilities. One of the motives could be related to the monk's articles the Thaksin Shinawatra government's violent dealing with the southern insurgency. Another theory involves Phra Supoj having conflicts with forest encroachers, he made complaints to Fang district police about them and two days before the murder, Phra Supoj was threatened, because of that. Already in 2002 monks at the center were threatened by so called "influential people" about this land conflict.

The police believes three people might be involved in the murder of  the highly respected Buddhist conservationist monk Phra Supoj. But they have all died in separate incidents, possibly resulting from attempts to silence them. Two have been cremated, but the body of the third person has been exhumed for checks. From Bangkok Post 5.10.09

 

                                          
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