How to become a monk

According to the Tathagata's righteous laws and laws, those who want to take the precepts and become a monk must, in addition to having pious, respectful and correct beliefs, also meet the following conditions:

1. Father With the consent of your mother or guardian, go to the temple you think you are destined to visit with the written consent of your parents and your ID card, household registration certificate (issued by the police station), and physical examination certificate.

2. Have not contracted serious contagious diseases (such as AIDS, various skin diseases, etc., but colds are not an example).

3. Those who are not burdened by debt problems (such as those who are bankrupt or have debts due to business failure).

4. Those who have not violated national laws (criminal) or are involved in lawsuits or other matters.

5. The applicant must be no younger than 18 years old and no older than 60 years old.

6. Mentally sound (refers to not suffering from any mental illness, such as schizophrenia, schizophrenia, epilepsy and other diseases that can cause loss of consciousness and reason).

7. Mentally sound and normal (intersex people are not allowed to become monks).

8. Those who wish to become a monk must be voluntary, have pious beliefs, be patriotic and abide by the law, and have permission from their parents. For those who wish to become a monk, the temple will find out their identity and origins, determine that they meet the conditions for becoming a monk, and undergo an inspection by the Sangha for more than one year. If you are qualified, you can worship a bhikkhu, and women can worship a bhikshuni as a tonsure master. Regular tonsure ceremonies are held in front of the Buddha, that is, shaving off the beard and hair, changing secular clothes with monk attire, removing the secular surname, changing the surname to Shi, and the master will take the name according to their respective sects. A Dharma name and Dharma title.

And issue an ultimatum as required. Then after a short period of training, you can receive the Ten Precepts and become a novice or novice. Novice monk is translated according to ancient Indian phonetics, and its meaning is "one who stops evil and does good". Those who have obtained the qualification of novice or novice are candidates for bhikkhu or bhikshuni.

Conditions for short-term monkhood

1. Male novice classes: over 7 years old and under 60 years old; female novice classes (no need to shave hair): 18 years old and above, Under 60 years old.

2. Good health, no infectious diseases, no serious diseases (hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, mental and psychological diseases, mental retardation, six root defects, etc.).

3. There are no fugitives who have violated laws and disciplines.

Since 2006, we have been accepting short-term ordination from believers from time to time; in order to allow more believers to quickly accumulate blessings, we have held a three-month program at Shengcai Temple in the lower courtyard of Hangzhou and Ci'en Temple in Tiantai Mountain for a period of three months. The short-term monastic activities of up to two years help people who are destined to temporarily let go of the shackles of the world and experience the pure holy life in the temple, so as to enter the five vehicles of Buddhism as soon as possible: the human vehicle, the heavenly vehicle, the shravaka, pratyekabuddha, and bodhisattva vehicles** *road.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Monkhood