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by DM Hong Yang
Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:50 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: How not to disrobe as a monastic (experiences & tipps)
Replies: 14
Views: 4687

Re: How not to disrobe as a monastic (experiences & tipps)

I would like to affirm that for monastics who are in robes that they remain in robes for their lifetime is due to their foundation training. It's due to their trust and certainty of their Vinaya precepts that they remain in robes; the foundation is given by their training masters and in their pre-or...
by DM Hong Yang
Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:22 pm
Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
Topic: Monks and shaving
Replies: 19
Views: 17482

Re: Monks and shaving

This might sound gross but do monks/nuns also shave their underarms, pubic region and legs as well as head and eyebrows? I'm just curious. Would men have to shave their chests too? While this is a Theravada forum. I can answer this from a Bhikshuni perspective and a Western woman's. You cannot gene...