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Can Anyone Become A Buddhist Monk. The Buddha taught that when students fully appreciate how desire and clinging bind them to unhappiness renunciation becomes an act of liberation. Sorry not any foreigner only men can become monks in Thailand no women. The Monastery constantly accepts foreigners as students. People from all around the world have asked the question of whether anyone can become a Shaolin monk and whether it is necessary to adopt the Buddhist faith to be allowed in.
As a Buddhist monk youll take the vow of chastity unless you become a Zen monk. But that doesnt mean that everybody should. Although some monasteries offer part-time ordination in most schools of Buddhism the choice to become a Buddhist monk or nun is a lifetime commitment. I read somewhere that traditionally you have to sit outside for 3 days to prove your. No it wouldnt be possible for an outsider to become a monk there. The Monastery constantly accepts foreigners as students.
The next step is to find a spiritual guide someone who can act as an adviser and as support for the monk in training.
The Monastery constantly accepts foreigners as students. The path to become a Tibetan or Buddhist monk is similar to the path for becoming a Catholic monk. Sorry not any foreigner only men can become monks in Thailand no women. The first step is to study the Buddhist teachings and find meaning in them. As stated in Buddhanet Sundries. Becoming a Buddhist monk means joining a religious community.