brightlotusmoon:cervidaedalus: hubbins: cooking-with-caustic-soda:viralthings: Monks confused by b
brightlotusmoon:cervidaedalus: hubbins: cooking-with-caustic-soda: viralthings: Monks confused by band name Maybe they also are into grunge #theyre probably not confused and are just the funniest people on earth Nuns not Monks but it’s easy to mix them up when both do the shaved heads tradition. Also known as Bhikkhuni.And yeah they’re not confused at all. I don’t know where this idea that monks are completely closed off from the world stems from (I’m fact that idea is kind of ironic if you know the story of Siddhartha), but they aren’t locked up in temples their whole lives, and many do travel. When I was younger I had a lot of connections and exposure to Tibetan Buddhist Monks who came to teach, sell handmade wares to raise funding after being chased from their homeland, and ritually build+dismantle sand mandalas.While on break from making a mandala, one sat on a nearby bench playing Pokemon on a Gameboy. In another instance, a student at Buddha-school sat down with a monk, going on about his struggles and expecting some sort of sage wisdom, and the monk just shrugged and responded, “Shit happens”. Thank you, I’m so glad I know this now. -- source link