Vinaya
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The Vinaya refers to numerous monastic rules and ethical precepts for fully ordained monks and nuns of Buddhist Sanghas. These sets of ethical rules and guidelines developed over time during the Buddh
An ordination ceremony at Wat Yannawa in Bangkok. The Vinaya codes regulate the various official acts of the Buddhist monastic community (sangha-kamma), including the ordination of new monks.
Manuscript of Vinaya Pitaka. Lacquered and gilded wood, gilded palm leaves. Myanmar, 1856. Palazzo Madama, Torino
Daoxuan (7th century), the founder of the Chinese Nanshan lineage of the Chinese Vinaya school
Bhikkhu
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A bhikkhu is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism. Male and female monastics are members of the Sangha.
Bhikkhus in Phutthamonthon, Thailand
One of the earliest Western Buddhist monks, Ven Nyanatiloka Mahathera from Germany
Theravadin monks at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery in United States
Tibetan monks, all of whom ordain under the Mulasarvastivada Vinaya