Rooney9 really wants to escape NS? :O
Rooney9 you want to escape NS then say lah! Why hide your small little face???
Originally posted by Larryteo:Rooney9 you want to escape NS then say lah! Why hide your small little face???
Rooney9 has gone through NS and is older than me, and I met him a few times.
Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Rooney9 has gone through NS and is older than me, and I met him a few times.
Oh chey. I thought what was happening.
Routing of a Dharma Drum Monastery MOnk
4am Wake up /Wash-up
4:30am Morning Exercise
5am Chan and Pureland tradition Morning Chanting
7am meditation
7:30am Breakfast
8am - 10am Lesson
10am -3pm Visit by Layman ,Q and A session+Afternoon Puja to the Buddhas,Lunch
3pm -3:30pm rest
3:30pm Preparation for Chanting
5pm Evening chanting
6pm -9pm Lesson
9:30pm Resting the Wood(Last activity of the day , washup)
Sleep
I went there for the first day i wasnt accustomed .because i still a layman to go and understand monastic lifestyle
After the two days there , i feel quite peaceful
Originally posted by Larryteo:Rooney9 you want to escape NS then say lah! Why hide your small little face???
rooney9 wants to become a monk to escape NSman (reservist) training.
He is also worry about his cpf money.
He is first of it's kind, become a monk and yet think about money.
Originally posted by googoomuck:rooney9 wants to become a monk to escape NSman (reservist) training.
He is also worry about his cpf money.
He is first of it's kind, become a monk and yet think about money.
did you not read the response from An Eternal Now on Rooney???
Hi!, here a link on how to become a bhikkhu:-
http://www.dhammadana.org/en/samgha/monks/become.htm
Anyway Rooney9 is not a monk yet,he still have to resolve issues first!
I am not familiar with entering the Sangha, some say you have to be twenty years old, another, if parents are alive, one have seek consent. Also, does one have to be a novice first, and if yes, for how long?
Why be a monk when you can lead a good and normal life??
There is this 1 week mediation at a remote mountain side (malaysia).
No talking and strictly on mediation.
2 meals. Morning and afternoon.
Evening time drink milo.
Chanting and mediation.
Clear your mind and peaceful.
sorry posted in wrong thread - aen
Originally posted by bohiruci:Routing of a Dharma Drum Monastery MOnk
4am Wake up /Wash-up
4:30am Morning Exercise
5am Chan and Pureland tradition Morning Chanting
7am meditation
7:30am Breakfast
8am - 10am Lesson
10am -3pm Visit by Layman ,Q and A session+Afternoon Puja to the Buddhas,Lunch
3pm -3:30pm rest
3:30pm Preparation for Chanting
5pm Evening chanting
6pm -9pm Lesson
9:30pm Resting the Wood(Last activity of the day , washup)
Sleep
I went there for the first day i wasnt accustomed .because i still a layman to go and understand monastic lifestyle
After the two days there , i feel quite peaceful
My name is james, can u tell me how can i be like u go for the monastic lifestlye. my email is [email protected]
If one cannot read chinese, how to chant together among his peers?
Just like become a monk, you must know chinese characters right?
If not, how to chant?
Care to share your views?
Thanks.
Originally posted by Rooney9:sorry another question. what if you often fall sick, like flu, cough, got skin problems that needed topical cream to apply, like chronic health problems like the ones I mentioned.
if you have no money, how to seek treatment or go to see the doctor? will the temple foot the bill for you?
When one is prepared or meant to take on a pure spiritual/religious path, such concerns shouldn't be of importance to one, as things will fall into place to enable one's path to proceed smoothly. If such concerns are of importance and cannot be eliminated from one's mind and heart, then perhaps the path is not meant for one.
Rainbow Jigsaw of Life
Originally posted by likeyou:If one cannot read chinese, how to chant together among his peers?
Just like become a monk, you must know chinese characters right?
If not, how to chant?
Care to share your views?
Thanks.
You will be surprised that many elderly Buddhists are not educated, many can't even write their chinese names but they can chant better than me. I did ask one of them why she can't even write her name in chinese but knows how to chant. She told me she prayed to Goddess of Mercy, asked her to bless her with wisdom so she could know how to read and chant.
Anyway, there are han yu pin yin in most of the scriptures. Did you see the woman whom Rony interviewed. She said she does not know Chinese well. She was also surprised that she could chant 普门� well for the first time as if she had chanted before. Unfortunately, she did not see the truth after all the miracles she had encountered in Buddhism.