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- noun A Buddhist
monk orpriest ; one who follows all Buddhist precepts as a full member of thesangha .
Etymologies
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WHAT THE BUDDHA TAUGHT BY WALPOLA RAHULA, 1959, 1978, a well known Sri Lankan intellectual and Buddhist scholar, who in 1964, became the Professor of History and Religions at Northwestern University, thus becoming the first bhikkhu to hold a professorial chair in the Western world.
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The lady who once asked in a class, "If everybody became a bhikkhu, what would happen to the world?" could safely be told not to worry.
Buddhism and Sex by M. O'C. Walshe William Harryman 2009
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And if the marriage does not turn out a success, no bhikkhu has any authority to say that that marriage shall not be dissolved.
Buddhism and Sex by M. O'C. Walshe William Harryman 2009
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And if the marriage does not turn out a success, no bhikkhu has any authority to say that that marriage shall not be dissolved.
Archive 2009-07-19 William Harryman 2009
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The lady who once asked in a class, "If everybody became a bhikkhu, what would happen to the world?" could safely be told not to worry.
Archive 2009-07-19 William Harryman 2009
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Buddha himself ordained the first monks simply by reciting the words, “Ehi bhikkhu (Come here, monk).”
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In the mid-eleventh century CE, King Anawrahta unified northern Burma, conquered the Mon kingdom at Thaton, established his capital at Pagan, and invited the Mon bhikkhu Arahanta to establish Theravada Buddhism throughout his kingdom.
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The only restriction on members of a dual nikaya sangha stated in the Pali Vinaya texts is if a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni belongs to a group that has had a schism with the sangha or has been expelled from the sangha.
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In the mid-eleventh century CE, King Anawrahta unified northern Burma, conquered the Mon kingdom at Thaton, established his capital at Pagan, and invited the Mon bhikkhu Arahanta to establish Theravada Buddhism and its ordinatioin lineages throughout his kingdom.
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Theravada bhikkhu elders have overseen, participated in, and certified these ordinations.
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