Well to go through ordination one needs robes etc. If you are in a foreign country and just want to ordain I expect the need for money to quickly arise. I personally did not pay any money to become ordained but I certainly had to use money leading up to ordaining to organize everything. And also it ...

I'd say it completely depends upon the monastery/Monastic community that you ordain with.

It's something you'd need to discuss with them.

If they have no issues with it than it should be fine.

I completely understand and appreciate the last two responses. I agree and I don't mean to give an erroneous or irreverent view of the vinaya. I should be more careful with my expressions. It is unbelievably new to me people feeling so strongly about Buddhism and the Monastic community. Probably why...

I don't feel safe enough in this forum to share information about my personal life. I've already been attacked, harassed, and accused of not only being someone pretending to be a monk but in fact to be so evil and inappropriate in my activities that I can no longer be considered a monk by any reason...

Unbelievably interesting views in this community. I focus on samadhi and the development of compassion. As well as social justice work. As far as everyone saying I'm not a monk or I'm a bad monk, whatever it is. If you feel so curious please feel free to pm me and ask me questions. If you are confu...

Everyone seems to be upset or attempting to violate me for the fact that I am a monk. How am I damaging my community? Give me one example of me breaking a precept or some sort of violation of Buddhists teachings? This feels more like some kind of fundamentalist group than it does a group of people w...

I was being harassed by a user being aggressive and negative.

They had all their comments deleted by the moderation of this forum.

It was very inapropriate.

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Unbelievably interesting views in this community. I focus on samadhi and the development of compassion. As well as social justice work. As far as everyone saying I'm not a monk or I'm a bad monk, whatever it is. If you feel so curious please feel free to pm me and ask me questions. If you are confus...

Lol. No, definitely not.

I'm a monk in real life. Not here for internet opinions on my validity.

To you I am a fake monk. I am a part of a Monastic order. We do not look to santa100 for ordinations or for continued inspection of Monastic values in the community. I'll restate. I am a monk in the Dhammayut Thai Forrest tradition in Thailand. I was ordained by a venerable Ajahn and teacher that is...

Not even a fart can be shared. Wonderful words of wisdom from a wise monk! Here you go. Zen Master Kodo Sawaki. I'll let him close us out. You can’t even trade a single fart with the next guy. Each and every one of us has to live out his own life. Don’t waste time thinking about who’s most talented...

It's a quote from a Zen master.

Not even a fart can be shared.