A Day in the life of a monk

last SG · 2006-02-15T23:51:40+00:00

Common sense tells you that MINDEF will discharge you from reservist if you become a monk but as to PERMANENTLY, i think, if you return to lay life, you wil...

marcteng SG

How does a monk go about his daily life, regardless of which school of Buddhism?

I suppose a monk has to wake up early in the morning to do morning chanting and meditation isn't it?

What does a new monk do when he is newly ordained into the order?
I suppose he will receive his buddhist education as thoroughly as possible isn't it.

An Eternal Now SG

I think this one you gotta ask the monastery.

Because I think different monastery has different instructions giving by the sangha head.

Bryan^ SG

Juz to share my humble experience of being a monk for 2weeks in thailand...
this is juz 1 day of activity

4am wake up
5am morning prayer
6am rdy to collect alms
730 breakfast
free time till 11am, so usually meditate or clean up temple, learn prayers
11am lunch
no food after 12pm till nxt breakfast,drinks only

free time after lunch....meditate or learn prayers or clean temple, give layman blessings or chant for the dead...
5pm evening prayers den free time again....
basically monkhood is very relaxing, happy...simple too...lot of respects from the thais to the monk...

Darkness_hacker99 SG

Everyday go to school, I have no gf; I am a monk.

An Eternal Now SG

Wow... makes me feel like renouncing Razz

An Eternal Now SG

Laughing

marcteng SG

So which temple did you went to renounce eh? how you get the lobang of short term renunciation? Good for you to renounce and experience monastic life abeit for 2 weeks. Do you intend to renounce for good?

When you chant, you have to memorise the pali chanting isnt it? You have them memorised or read from a chanting book one?

What you have for breakfast and lunch? is it vegetarian?

An Eternal Now SG

Thai monks don't practise vegetarianism mah..

Master -_- SG

Thai boys need to undergo a term of monkhood right?

My neighbour told me that during his term, he felt like a different person. He no longer remember anything

marcteng SG

Ya, i know. but asking lar.

The temple dun have cook food for the monks?

An Eternal Now SG

Ya. It's like their "NS". Every Buddhist (around 95% of Thai population) must go.

I had a relative who went too. He became different, but he didn't 'forget everything'. What you mean by that? Laughing

Bryan^ SG

You eat wadeva the villagers offer u...Yes i memorise part of the prayers and the rest read frm the book...
Its good for my parents and future generation tts y i renounce...And partly did many grave deadly sins

Master -_- SG

he just forgot everything.. His name, family and stuff...
I always wanted to know how a monk dismisses his glorifying pleasures to pursue enlightenment...it's always gratifying to know people like them. Like the monk who meditated while being doused in flames... "Burning Monk"

marcteng SG

Which temple you go renounce at in Thailand?

How you communicate with thai monks? you speak thai or english to them?

I believe you have a mentor to look after short term monks rite?

babymac13 SG

hi Bryan^,

Tell us how do u feel in ur life when u were a monk, carefrese, problem free or experience lots of hardship due to tasks u did as a monk

Bryan^ SG

Some speak ALITTLE english..Mostly point here n there...But i have a mentor to help me out alittle cos i dun speak thai...Its a temple in singburi, wat pikunthong...Long por pae temple...

I feel carefree...Alot of task to go thru..Its like a test frm the lord buddha...U feel time pass very fast...U feel nt agitated at all...no anger no nth

marcteng SG

where you get the lobang of the temple accepting you eh? u went to thailand to find a temple to accept you is it?

you didnt get to study basic buddhism course eh? will you consider long term renunciation for good?

marcteng SG

haha, what nonsense. how can you compare going to school to monastic life.

To renounce and be a monk is a very noble deed, abeit 2 weeks as short term renunciation. As a monk, you renounces your lay life and adhere to the vinaya rules of the sangha and delve into life, death and afterlife.

babymac13 SG

Just 1 qns,

Can a non-buddhist stay in a monastery and have a life as a monk?
My definition of non-buddhist is not yet converted to Buddhism, for e.g. still a free thinker ....

marcteng SG

I think you can, but what is your motivation of renouncing? What makes you interested in renouncing?

There are temples that organises short term renunciation for lay followers, you just need to find out which temples organises this.