What are the requirements for becoming a monk in Shanghai?

Refer to the usual situation in the future. Finally go directly to the temple. Recently, people often ask me what conditions I need to become a monk. "Being a monk is a gentleman's business. I can't do what I can." This shows that becoming a monk requires blessings and karma. In addition to a correct understanding of Buddhism, there is also a willingness to contribute to Buddhism and all beings. I am now engaged in the following work:

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(1) According to Tathagata's Buddhism, karma and relevant state regulations. People who want to be ordained and become monks must meet the following conditions in addition to religious, respectful and correct beliefs:

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1. Parents or guardians agree to permit (flexible Buddhist system), and bring the written materials agreed by parents, ID card, household registration certificate (issued by the police station) and physical examination certificate (health certificate) to Nyohoji where you think it is destined.

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2. The limbs are complete (Buddhism). (Short hands and feet, twisted hands and feet, paralysis, polio patients, leprosy patients, crooked heads, etc. And those who are mentally and physically unsound are not allowed to be ordained. )

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3. Correct the five senses (Buddhism). Blind, cross-eyed, deaf, deaf, crooked mouth, rabbit mouth or missing mouth, mute, etc. , are not allowed to become a monk. )

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4. Not infected with serious infectious diseases (Buddhism, you can become a monk when you are in good health). (such as AIDS, hepatitis, various skin diseases, etc. But this is not the case with colds. )

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5. People who have no debt problems (Buddhism, paying off debts can become monks). (such as bankruptcy, business failure and debt. )

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6. Persons who have not violated national laws (criminal) or involved in legal proceedings. (refers to a person wanted by the police. If it is a crime, but the person released after serving his sentence is not in this case. (Buddhism can accommodate)

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7. The age of the novice monk is not less than 7 years old (Buddhism), and the age of the novice monk is not less than 17 years old (government). (Buddhism is subject to great precepts at the age of 20, and can become a monk under the age of 20. The upper limit of becoming a monk is 60, and the Buddha was only 120 when he was alive. But at least you must be able to take care of yourself and have the ability to learn and obey the precepts, otherwise you are not allowed to become a monk. Temples are not sanatoriums. )

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8. Sound mind (Buddhism, you can become a monk after illness). (refers to diseases that will lose consciousness, reason and behavior without any mental illness, such as neurasthenia, schizophrenia and epilepsy. )

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9. Mental health and normality. Bisexuality is not allowed to become a monk. Buddhism [Buddhism]

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(2) Provisions on the measures for the implementation of the official record system for Buddhist monks in the Han Dynasty throughout the country.

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People who want to become monks must be voluntary, hexapod (including no physical defects), healthy, devout Buddhist, patriotic and law-abiding (including no legal disputes), permitted by their parents, and have no marriage and love relationship. For those who want to become monks, the temple can worship a bhikkhu, and women should worship bhikkhuni as a master of shaving, and hold a shaving ceremony in front of the Buddha, that is, shave off their beards and learn the basic knowledge of Buddhism. After finding out their identity and origin and passing the investigation of the Buddhist group for more than one year, Remove the common surname and change it to explain [non-Buddhist]. Master will take a dharma name and font size according to their respective schools. After investigation by the temple teachers, the Ten Commandments were awarded, which became Misha or Shamini. Misha is translated according to the pronunciation of ancient India, which means "stop evil and do good". Those who have obtained the qualification of Misha or Shamini are monks or candidates for monks. In addition, women who become monks must accept the precepts of Buddhist monks, and they can only accept the precepts of Buddhist monks after at least two years of legal study.

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(3) For the academic requirements of becoming a monk, it is not a university degree that many people say. The state has no regulations, and local governments make them according to their own actual conditions (non-Buddhist)

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The above, except marked as [Buddhism], are not Buddhism. It is based on the fact that in the Collection of Four Laws, Misha, who is not allowed to read the Four Laws, is not allowed to read the four laws, so the specific sources of classics are not listed. The above [Buddhist system] is not comprehensive enough, but I hope it will help those who want to know about becoming a monk.

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