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Body hair
by Future Bhikkhu » Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:15 am
Can a monk have body hair? All the monks I have seen are hairless. I am from an Italian background so you can imagine how that will be a problem for me. I know that they may not shave their pubic and armpit hair but I am curious to know whether chest hair and the like must be shaved.
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Re: Body hair
by retrofuturist » Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:17 am
Greetings,
Yes. The restrictions are about hair on top, and a maximum beard length (though in practice, any beard length raises suspicions). Not just about monks either...
Metta,
Retro.
Future Bhikkhu wrote:Can a monk have body hair?
Yes. The restrictions are about hair on top, and a maximum beard length (though in practice, any beard length raises suspicions). Not just about monks either...
Metta,
Retro.
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Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
'We should not congratulate someone on the success of their misdeeds, but on the contrary should endeavour to advise him or her to lead a more skilful and wholesome life. If such advice is ignored then we can only give up and let go' - Phra Panyapatipo
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Re: Body hair
by Hanzze » Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:53 am
Dear friends,
maybe this is usefull:
Buddhist Monastic Code II -Chapter 1-Personal Grooming
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with loving kindness
maybe this is usefull:
Hair of the body. Nasal hairs should not be grown long. (In the origin story to this rule, people objected to bhikkhus with long nasal hairs "like goblins"). Tweezers are allowed for pulling them out; by extension, scissors should also be allowed for trimming them. The Vinaya-mukha notes that nasal hair performs a useful function in keeping dust out of the lungs, and so interprets this rule as applying only to nasal hairs so long that they grow outside the nostrils.
The hair of the chest or stomach should not be dressed. Hair in a "confining" region — which the Vibhaṅga to the bhikkhunī's parallel rule, their Pc 2, identifies as the armpits and the pubic area — should not be removed unless there is a sore in those areas and a need to apply medicine.
Buddhist Monastic Code II -Chapter 1-Personal Grooming
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with loving kindness
Just that! *smile*
...We Buddhists must find the courage to leave our temples and enter the temples of human experience, temples that are filled with suffering. If we listen to Buddha, Christ, or Gandhi, we can do nothing else. The refugee camps, the prisons, the ghettos, and the battlefields will become our temples. We have so much work to do. ... Peace is Possible! Step by Step. - Samtach Preah Maha Ghosananda "Step by Step" http://www.ghosananda.org/bio_book.html
BUT! it is important to become a real Buddhist first. Like Punna did: Punna Sutta Nate sante baram sokham _()_
...We Buddhists must find the courage to leave our temples and enter the temples of human experience, temples that are filled with suffering. If we listen to Buddha, Christ, or Gandhi, we can do nothing else. The refugee camps, the prisons, the ghettos, and the battlefields will become our temples. We have so much work to do. ... Peace is Possible! Step by Step. - Samtach Preah Maha Ghosananda "Step by Step" http://www.ghosananda.org/bio_book.html
BUT! it is important to become a real Buddhist first. Like Punna did: Punna Sutta Nate sante baram sokham _()_
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Re: Body hair
by Future Bhikkhu » Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:58 am
I have that exact book.
What does it mean by the 'chest hair should not be dressed'?
What does it mean by the 'chest hair should not be dressed'?
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Re: Body hair
by Hanzze » Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:04 am
_/\_
Last edited by Hanzze on Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Just that! *smile*
...We Buddhists must find the courage to leave our temples and enter the temples of human experience, temples that are filled with suffering. If we listen to Buddha, Christ, or Gandhi, we can do nothing else. The refugee camps, the prisons, the ghettos, and the battlefields will become our temples. We have so much work to do. ... Peace is Possible! Step by Step. - Samtach Preah Maha Ghosananda "Step by Step" http://www.ghosananda.org/bio_book.html
BUT! it is important to become a real Buddhist first. Like Punna did: Punna Sutta Nate sante baram sokham _()_
...We Buddhists must find the courage to leave our temples and enter the temples of human experience, temples that are filled with suffering. If we listen to Buddha, Christ, or Gandhi, we can do nothing else. The refugee camps, the prisons, the ghettos, and the battlefields will become our temples. We have so much work to do. ... Peace is Possible! Step by Step. - Samtach Preah Maha Ghosananda "Step by Step" http://www.ghosananda.org/bio_book.html
BUT! it is important to become a real Buddhist first. Like Punna did: Punna Sutta Nate sante baram sokham _()_
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Re: Body hair
by Future Bhikkhu » Thu Jan 27, 2011 4:16 am
Just curious, that's all. I don't mind hair. I just havn't seen a hairy monk.
Thankyou for your effort,
With metta
Thankyou for your effort,
With metta
The mind is everything; what you think you become.
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