Most will be engaged in meditation and some form of work or productive activity.
Yes, there are Buddhist nuns as well as monks. They're known as Bhikkhuni.
They all died
in a temple obviously people!
It is not Buddhist teachers that shave their heads, its Buddhists Monks and Nuns, some of whom also teach.
Monks and nuns do the monks' and nuns' jobs now.
Some Buddhist monks shave their heads. This is the stereotype Buddhist hairdo. Most Buddhists are not monks and wear their hair like anyone else in their local culture.
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They were protesting the war and all the death and destruction it caused.
You just call Monks Monks and Nuns Nuns. They don't have any other names.
Lay Buddhists can eat whenever they want. Buddhist Monks and Nuns typically do not eat after noon.
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. .
Buddhist monks and nuns did not have income earning jobs as they could not handle money or earn income. Their role in society was to help teach lay practioners but their ultimate job is to attain enlightenment.