In
Buddhist context, a
samanera (
Pali,
Sanskrit:
śrāmaṇera) can be translated as novice monk. It literally means 'small
samana', or small renunciate, where 'small' has the meaning of boy or girl. In the
Vinaya (monastic discipline), a man under the age of 20 cannot ordain as a
bhikkhu, but can ordain as a samanera. The female counterpart of the samanera is the
samaneri. Samaneras and samaneris keep the
ten precepts as their code of behaviour, and are devoted to the
Buddhist religious life.
After a year or at the age of 20, a samanera will be considered for the higher
Bhikkhu or
Bhikkhuni ordination (
Pali:
upasampada). Some monasteries will require people who want to ordain as a monk to be a novice for a set period of time, as a period of preparation and familiarization.
The issue of ordination is different for samaneras and samaneris; the rules governing higher ordination are different for samaneras and samaneris.
The female form of the samanera is the
samaneri.
See also
The Pali Canon is the standard scripture collection of the Theravada Buddhist tradition, as preserved in the Pali language.[1] The Canon was written down from oral tradition at the occasion of the Fourth Buddhist Council(in the usual Theravada numbering), 1st century
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Śrāvaka (Sanskrit) or Sāvaka (Pāli) means "a hearer" or, more generally, "disciple."[1] This term is used in both Buddhist and Jain texts.
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In Nikaya Buddhism, sāvaka (m.
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A Bhikkhu (Pāli) or Bhiksu (Sanskrit) is a fully ordained male Buddhist monastic. Female monastics are called Bhikkhunis. Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis keep many precepts: they live by the vinaya's framework of monastic discipline, the basic rules of which are called the
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Bhikkhuni (Bhikṣuṇī (Sanskrit) ,
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A samaneri (Pāli language) is novice Buddhist nun, who lives according to the ten precepts. Male novices are called samaneras. A young woman is to be ordained, according to Theravada tradition, by both a monk and a nun, first as a samaneri.
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nun is a woman who has taken special vows committing her to a religious life.[1] She may be an ascetic who chooses to voluntarily leave mainstream society and live her life in prayer and contemplation in a monastery or convent.
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novice in Catholic law and tradition, is a prospective member of a religious order who is being tried and being proven for suitability of admission to a religious order of brothers, sisters or monks.
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In religious organizations, the laity comprises all lay persons collectively. This can mean either any person who is not a member of the ordained clergy[1] or of any monastic order or, within such an order, a monastic who is not a priest (c.f., lay brother).
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Upāsaka (masculine) or Upāsikā (feminine) are from the Sanskrit and Pāli words for "attendant".[1] This is the title of followers of Buddhism (Gautama Buddha) who are not monks, nuns or novices in a Buddhist order and who undertake
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In English translations of Buddhist literature, householder denotes a variety of terms. Most broadly, it refers to any layperson, and most narrowly, to a wealthy and prestigious familial patriarch.
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In English translations of Buddhist literature, householder denotes a variety of terms. Most broadly, it refers to any layperson, and most narrowly, to a wealthy and prestigious familial patriarch.
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brahmin moths, see Brahmaeidae.
The term
Brahmin denotes both a member of the priestly class in the Hindu
varna system, and a member of the highest caste in the caste system of Hindu society.
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The term
Brahmin denotes both a member of the priestly class in the Hindu
varna system, and a member of the highest caste in the caste system of Hindu society.
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"Jain" and "Jaina" redirect here. For other uses, see Jain (disambiguation) and Jaina (disambiguation).
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The Vinaya (a word in Pāli as well as in Sanskrit, with literal meaning 'leading out', 'education', 'discipline') is the regulatory framework for the Buddhist monastic community, or sangha, based in the canonical texts called Vinaya Pitaka.
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A Bhikkhu (Pāli) or Bhiksu (Sanskrit) is a fully ordained male Buddhist monastic. Female monastics are called Bhikkhunis. Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis keep many precepts: they live by the vinaya's framework of monastic discipline, the basic rules of which are called the
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A samaneri (Pāli language) is novice Buddhist nun, who lives according to the ten precepts. Male novices are called samaneras. A young woman is to be ordained, according to Theravada tradition, by both a monk and a nun, first as a samaneri.
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The Ten Precepts (Pali: dasasila or samanerasikkha) are the precepts or training-rules for samaneras (male) and samaneris (female), also referred to as novice monks or nuns. They are used in most Buddhist schools.
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Buddhism is often described as a religion[1] and a collection of various philosophies, based initially on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, known as Gautama Buddha.
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A Bhikkhu (Pāli) or Bhiksu (Sanskrit) is a fully ordained male Buddhist monastic. Female monastics are called Bhikkhunis. Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis keep many precepts: they live by the vinaya's framework of monastic discipline, the basic rules of which are called the
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