I want to be a monk. What do I need?

According to the Tathagata Dharma, a person who wants to become a monk must meet the following conditions in addition to sincere, respectful and correct beliefs:

1. With the consent of parents or guardians, go to the temple you think is predestined friends with the written materials, ID card, household registration certificate (issued by the police station) and physical examination certificate agreed by parents.

2, not infected with serious infectious diseases (such as AIDS, various skin diseases, etc.). But a cold is not in this case).

3. People who have no debt problems (for example, people who are in debt due to bankruptcy or business failure).

4. It has not violated the national laws (criminal) or involved in litigation (referring to those who are wanted by the police and released after serving their sentences, if there is a crime).

5. Not less than 7 years old and not more than 60 years old.

6. Mental soundness (refers to not suffering from any mental illness, such as neurasthenia, schizophrenia, epilepsy and other diseases that will make you lose your mind and lose your mind).

7, psychologically sound, normal (bisexual people can not become monks).

8. People who want to become monks must be voluntary, pious, patriotic and law-abiding (including no legal disputes), and their parents allow them. For those who want to become a monk, the temple finds out their identity and origin and finds that they meet the requirements for becoming a monk. After more than a year's investigation by the monks (what to do in the test stage: recite the Five Classics, learn Misha's law, and learn the basic knowledge of Buddhism), you can worship a bhikkhu, and women can worship a bhikkhu for a haircut.

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Simply put, the diploma is not important, whether you have money or have been married, what matters is your motivation. It's a question of why you want to become a monk. If you think it over, you really feel like a monk, even nine cows can't pull it back.

If you really want to become a monk, no one can stop you. It's not that your parents and wife can't let you go to become a monk, but that you can't let go of secular love and don't have the courage to be a monk who wants to quit after leaving home. Whether you can become a monk or not, whether you have Buddha's fate or not, all depend on your thoughts.

Becoming a monk is not a trivial matter. Master Yin Guang once cited two conditions: one is to have a great bodhicitta, and the other is to have extraordinary talents in order to take over the Tathagata's family business and be a mentor to all beings. Becoming a monk is a gentleman's business, not what a prince can do. "Gold and white jade are not expensive, only shawls are difficult."

Becoming a monk is a very serious matter, and in the eyes of Buddhists, it is also an admirable thing.

Becoming a monk can't be to escape any setbacks or the love between men and women in the world. He should be the disseminator of Buddhism, the messenger of Buddha, and he should be the mentor of mankind. The reason why Buddhism can be spread in the world depends on the painstaking efforts of generations of monks and treasures, and there must be a great bodhicitta of "not bearing the suffering of all beings, not bearing the decline of the holy religion, not seeking happiness for themselves, and wishing all beings to be free from their suffering."

If you want to become a monk, you should first look at your intention to become a monk, whether you are eccentric, whether you feel The six great divisions in the wheel of karma's pain, whether you want to become a monk, and more importantly, whether you have bodhicitta, that is, whether you are willing to save the hearts of all suffering beings. If you have bodhicitta, then after you become a monk, with the support of this bodhicitta, you will certainly achieve your career. On the contrary, it is only a period of frustration or emotional problems, or you are willing to be quiet for a few days.

If a person is fully aware of emptiness, for him, practicing at home is exactly the same as becoming a monk, and there is no difference. However, did some people really realize emptiness, or did they just learn the mantra of "Buddha is in the heart" or "there is nothing, where there is dust"? If a family thinks out of thin air that they can be compared with the merits of a monk, it can only be said to be arrogant and dull! In too many classics, the Buddha claims that the merits of becoming a monk are far greater than being at home. If a family still thinks that they can be on an equal footing with monk Bao and don't even believe in the wisdom of Buddha, what about learning Buddha? Learn from yourself!

In any case, it is very admirable and gratifying to be able to launch a heart to become a monk now. Needless to say, even if you become a monk, your merits are incalculable.

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