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Path: shell.portal.com!svc.portal.com!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!sahaja.demon.co.uk From: Christopher FynnNewsgroups: talk.religion.buddhism,alt.magick.tyagi,alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan Subject: Re: Monks and priests Date: Tue, 28 Nov 95 03:04:45 GMT Lines: 32 Message-ID: <817527885snz@sahaja.demon.co.uk> References: ! <48t5pl$gfq@jobe.shell.portal.com> <494g2e$cj2@bmtlh10.bnr.ca> <30B8BE4D.101@cp.duluth.mn.us> Reply-To: cfynn@sahaja.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: sahaja.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 Xref: shell.portal.com talk.religion.buddhism:13212 alt.magick.tyagi:5068 alt.religion.buddhism.tibetan:5055 In article <30B8BE4D.101@cp.duluth.mn.us> malthus@cp.duluth.mn.us "Joe verville" writes: > There ARE-NO-PRIESTS-IN-THERAVADA-BUDDHISM. I suggest you look in the > dictionary and read what it says a priest is. Here it is: > > 1) A person of special rank who preforms religious rites in a temple > for the service of GOD or a god. > 2) A clergyman ranking next below a Bishop > > > comes from the greek word -presbys- > Collins English Dictionary lists eight seperate meanings for priest not all of them having something to do with God or god. The word comes from the Old English preost related to presbyter which is from 14 C Latin and apparently from the Greek presbuteros an older man from presbus old man. > The whole idea of priests comes from the west and western religions. It is > completly foreign to Buddhism. The Buddhist usage of this word seems usually to be applied to married teachers or officiants such as those found in several Japanese Buddhist sects. Any suggestions for a better English word? cleric? -- Christopher J Fynn
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