Monks and nuns spread Byzantine influence through their missionary work.
Monks and nuns do the monks' and nuns' jobs now.
You just call Monks Monks and Nuns Nuns. They don't have any other names.
nuns
Monks - monastery. Nuns - convent.
Yes, those who are not ordained monks or nuns have always had an important role in the community of Buddhists. As Buddhism spread from what is today India to other eastern countries and, in the 20th century, to the west, it adapted itself to different cultures. Today in the west, most Buddhists are not celibate monks or nuns. Communities of monks and nuns are usually supported by many practitioners outside those communities. Most people today who engage in Buddhist practices designed to minimize suffering are neither monks nor nuns. .
Yes, there are Buddhist nuns as well as monks. They're known as Bhikkhuni.
No
monasteries- the dwelling place of a community of monks
Yes
The ordination of monks and nuns and the bi-weekly recitation of the rules for monks and nuns. Some schools of Buddhism have additional rituals.
Monks live in monasteries, and nuns live in convents or in monasteries.
Females were nuns, males were monks.