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To: Morgana

These monks have taken a vow of celibacy. Just like their fathers, and their fathers before them.


2 posted on 11/15/2023 10:13:46 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: KobraKai

“Ah, you are a bachelor, just like your father” —Benny Hill


3 posted on 11/15/2023 10:20:42 AM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: KobraKai
Well, actually ... apparently a Buddhist monk can make "lifelong" vows, then renounce them, get married (or whatever), then get divorced, then become a monk again, etc.

Three times! and in some sects, up to eight times. And some sects of Buddhist monks (apparently mostly in Japan, not Sri Lanka) are only optionally celibate.

9 posted on 11/15/2023 1:42:34 PM PST by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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