Upper age limit for becoming a bhikkhu?
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:58 am
Greetings,
I'd never heard this before but under the Wikipedia entry for...
Samanera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samanera" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
.... it states that "However, for people who enter the monastery at the age of 60 or older, they will not qualify the age requirement of becoming a Bhikkhu and they will only be ordained as samaneras."
It does not provide a reference for this statement.
Does anyone know if it is true, or even better, where this is specified in the Vinaya? Is it globally throughout Theravada, or does it differ on a country-by-country, or monestary-by monestary basis?
Metta,
Retro.
I'd never heard this before but under the Wikipedia entry for...
Samanera
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samanera" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
.... it states that "However, for people who enter the monastery at the age of 60 or older, they will not qualify the age requirement of becoming a Bhikkhu and they will only be ordained as samaneras."
It does not provide a reference for this statement.
Does anyone know if it is true, or even better, where this is specified in the Vinaya? Is it globally throughout Theravada, or does it differ on a country-by-country, or monestary-by monestary basis?
Metta,
Retro.