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local people give food for the monks to eat, though the monks are not permitted to positively ask for anything. The monks live in monasteries, and have...

the Latin Church. The male religious are also sometimes called the Black Monks, especially in English speaking countries, after the colour of their habits...

Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of...

monk in Tibet Monks in Luang Prabang, Laos Monks in Thailand Monks in Myanmar (Burma) Monk in Kyoto, Japan An old monk in Dalat, Vietnam Monks chanting at...

heritage, the temple is famous for its martial arts tradition. Shaolin monks have been devoted to research, creation, and continuous development and...

Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has its own rule, called the Statutes, and their life...

There were two deportations of monks from Kathmandu, in 1926 and 1944. The exiled monks were the first group of monks to be seen in Nepal since the 14th...

of monks, living alone in the wilderness, they started to come together and model themselves after the original monks nearby. Quickly, the monks formed...

between the Christian denominations. In Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism, monks and nuns are addressed as Brother (or Father, if ordained to the priesthood)...

all later Christian monasticism, he is also known as the Father of All Monks. His feast day is celebrated on 17 January among the Eastern Orthodox and...

Jain monasticism refers to the order of monks and nuns in the Jain community and can be divided into two major denominations: the Digambara and the Śvētāmbara...

against Athanasius's Life of Antony. Of the 30 monks listed in A History of the Monks of Syria, the last 10 monks were living at the time that Theodoret was...

precepts written in Latin c. 530 by St. Benedict of Nursia (c. AD 480–550) for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot. The spirit of Saint Benedict's...

institution. In Buddhism, sangha refers to the monastic communities of bhikkhu (monks) and bhikkhuni (nuns). These communities are traditionally referred to as...

established c. 635 but abandoned in 875 in the face of Viking raids. The monks settled at Chester-le-Street from 882 until 995, when they moved to Durham...

bhikkhus (monks). According to the scriptures, later, after an initial reluctance, he also established an order of Bhikkhunis (nuns or women monks). However...

overloading, withholding food and drink. However over the centuries, Jain monks and philosophers have added stricter meanings and implementations. The concept...

Samudaay" of the Tapa Gaccha. While he was alive, he was the preceptor of 900 monks and nuns. He was awarded the rarest of the rare and ancient title of "Shri...

number of Schottenklöster, intended for Irish monks exclusively, sprang up in Germany. About 1072, three monks, Marianus, Iohannus, and Candidus, took up...

Monks Mound is the largest Pre-Columbian earthwork in the Americas and the largest pyramid north of Mesoamerica. The beginning of its construction dates...