[Groop]OT-Nigeria (sorry)/don't feel like the Lone Ranger...

Wed, 27 Nov 2002 19:46:36 EST

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In a message dated 11/26/2002 6:29:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
azamin7@medical-online.net writes:

> As far as I know.. Buddist don't have nun.. but they have monk... 

Yes, they do... or at least, "nun" is the English term most often used to 
translate the terms for female clerics/devotees/monastics. The local Chinese 
temple (Xi Fang) has nuns in charge-- they are addressed as "Si-fu"/"Shr-fu" 
(depending on dialect)--which means "teacher", but they are referred to, and 
self-refer, as "nuns". Likewise, there is a Tibetan Buddhist nun in charge of 
the Buddhism program at USD (local Catholic university) and three or 4 nuns 
from another Tibetan sect in charge of a meditation center here.... I've also 
met Vietnamese (Theravada Buddhist) nuns.... All these ladies shave their 
heads, have obviously gone through the traditional ordination ritual of 
having bits of incense burned on their scalp, and wear whatever clothing 
is/was traditional to their sect's culture of origin.

Maybe some of those "monks" in Groo stories ARE nuns... They all follow the 
same dress codes.... True equality....
Kaytee
http://www.eclecticbeadery.com/simplexities.html
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2 FAMILY="SCRIPT" FACE="Comic Sans MS" LANG="0">In a message dated 11/26/2002 6:29:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, azamin7@medical-online.net writes:<BR>
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Yes, they do... or at least, "nun" is the English term most often used to translate the terms for female clerics/devotees/monastics. The local Chinese temple (Xi Fang) has nuns in charge-- they are addressed as "Si-fu"/"Shr-fu" (depending on dialect)--which means "teacher", but they are referred to, and self-refer, as "nuns". Likewise, there is a Tibetan Buddhist nun in charge of the Buddhism program at USD (local Catholic university) and three or 4 nuns from another Tibetan sect in charge of a meditation center here.... I've also met Vietnamese (Theravada Buddhist) nuns.... All these ladies shave their heads, have obviously gone through the traditional ordination ritual of having bits of incense burned on their scalp, and wear whatever clothing is/was traditional to their sect's culture of origin.<BR>
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Maybe some of those "monks" in Groo stories ARE nuns... They all follow the same dress codes.... True equality....<BR>
Kaytee<BR>
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