Bhante?

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JackV
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Bhante?

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Hello.

Are sāmaṇera still refered to as Bhante or is that reserved till they have become full fledged monks?

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cooran
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Re: Bhante?

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Hello Jack,

It is only used for ordained monks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhante

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Re: Bhante?

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cooran wrote:Hello Jack,

It is only used for ordained monks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhante

With metta,
Chris
So How does one, refer to Sameneras? Just using their former name?
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Re: Bhante?

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Hi Jack,

Do you have a particular context in mind? Unless you know the person it's not easy to tell whether they are a bhikkhu or a samanera (unless they are obviously under 20 years old), so it's somewhat of a moot point in most cases. If you do know them, you can ask how to address them...

I don't know of a Pali form of address, but Thai people use the term naen for a novice. This word is used to identify one of the letters in the Thai alphabet: http://www.thai-language.com/let/179 [Thai has an official list of words for identifying letters, along the lines of: "A is for apple".]

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Mike
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