Can I live with monks in Tibet?

Can I live with monks in Tibet?

But only a few of Tibetan monasteries offer accommodations for tourists. Strictly speaking, foreign tourists cannot stay inside a Tibet monastery, considering the safety issue and religious taboos. They can only spend a night in the guesthouse provided by the monastery.

How much does it cost to stay at a monastery?

Rates are $100 a night; $50 for students. Religious guesthouses generally welcome visitors of all religions. Most monasteries and convents open to tourists are relaxed in atmosphere, and guests can come and go as they please.

Can I live in a monastery for free?

The requirements for living in a monastery vary with the religion and monastic tradtion. In general, if you mean “for free” as a way of avoiding being responsible for the cost of your own living, the answer is no.

Can I go live with the monks?

While at a Buddhist Monastery, you can indulge in any of the acts of learning and sharing. You may join the monks at prayer, or you may learn about their traditions, beliefs, and culture. You can also meditate alongside the monks to get connected to peace and solitude.

Can Tibetan monks marry?

Buddhists monks choose not to marry and remain celibate while living in the monastic community. They understand that the demands of marriage, raising a family and working to support both, will be a distraction from the full-time effort needed to follow the Buddhist path.

How do I join monk?

Get ordained as a monk and become a permanent monastery resident. After 1-5 years of studying, working, and praying, you will be ordained as a monk. You will be given a job at the monastery, be given more freedom, and will become a permanent resident of the monastery.

Do monks go on vacation?

Although certainly not for everyone, a monastic vacation can be a rewarding experience. Many monasteries offer guest rooms at reasonable rates and some even let you choose how much to give. For example, some monasteries observe long periods of complete silence every day.

Can you stay in a nunnery?

Accommodations may be in a special wing of the monastery complex set aside for visitors, or in a dorm-like room of bunks, or even an unused monk’s cell. Double beds are only occasionally an option, and even then only for married couples (in fact, many convents will not allow an unmarried couple to share a room).

How do monks make money?

Monks nowadays can earn money by healing, making and selling medicine, conducting some kinds of divinations, making and selling paintings, calligraphy etc., writing books and so on.

Can I be a monk for a month?

It often comes as a surprise to foreigners that one can become a monk for only three months but even more surprising is that it’s possible for someone, no matter what they look like or where they come from can be ordained as a monk and practice for as little as two days.

Can monks drink alcohol?

No alcohol at all for monks, and no intoxicating yourself if you’re a lay person. The Buddhist monks can drink liquor, but most of them taken oath according to Ten precepts of Jainism. If you taken a oath you should not break that.

Can a girl become a monk?

Officially, only men can become monks and novices in Thailand under a Buddhist order that since 1928 has forbidden the ordination of women. Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, the 74-year-old abbess of the Songdhammakalyani monastery, flew to Sri Lanka to be ordained in 2001 as Thailand’s first female monk.