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Path: shell.portal.com!svc.portal.com!sdd.hp.com!usc!math.ohio-state.edu!newsfeed.acns.nwu.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!jneatrou From: jneatrou@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (John Neatrour) Newsgroups: talk.religion.buddhism Subject: Re: Monks and priests Date: 15 Nov 1995 21:22:11 GMT Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston IL Lines: 14 Message-ID: <48dlm3$njs@news.acns.nwu.edu> References: <48aicr$qd3@knot.queensu.ca> <48b883$do3@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> <48dgs8$cb6@knot.queensu.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: casbah.acns.nwu.edu In article <48dgs8$cb6@knot.queensu.ca>, Kocks Mika I <3mik@qlink.queensu.ca> wrote: > Oops, should have made my question a bit clearer. I'm not so >concerned about the differences between monks and priests. I just want >to know what they are. For example, is a monk somebody who's taken vows >to save all sentient beings? Someone who isolates himself in a >monastery? What? in Japanese lineage Zen there is no difference period. the ordination service and vows are identical. at the beginning of the Meiji era the government of Japan strongly encouraged the abandonment of celibacy and encouraged clergy to marry. the difference is a matter of lifestyle choice only. the word osho applies equally to both.
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