What is the daily life of Buddhist monks?

Answer 1

A monks day was divided between prayer, work and study.

3.00 am: Day begins. The monks sing matins (morning prayers) in the church

4.00-6.00 am: Return to bed for a brief sleep

6.00 am: Silent prayer

7.00 am: Breakfast. Like all meals it was eaten in silence

8-9.30 am: Work in the fields or library

10.00 am: High mass in the church

11.00-2.00 pm: Work again

2.00 pm: Dinner. This was the main meal of the day which was also eaten in silence

2.30 pm: Reading

3.00-5.00 pm: Work , once again

5.00 pm: Vespers (evening prayers)

6.00 pm: Supper

8.00 pm: Night prayer and retire to bed

Answer 2

The Schedules for Buddhist Monks vary somewhat depending upon what kind of Buddhism is practiced, whether it is a training temple or a sub-temple, etc... Generally speaking, monks rise early, have several periods of meditation and chanting while the kitchen gets breakfast ready, a work period followed by lunch, than either more work or sometimes free time, followed by dinner, and then a two hour period of evening meditation. During retreats, there is often less work and a lot more meditation. Some monasterie's schedules are quite strenous end leave one wondering if he has joined the marine corps.

Answer 3

I assume you mean "What are the masculine traits of a monk? A Monk is a male who at some point in his life turned his body and soul over to GOD'S care. He has either experienced a great tragedy or spiritual happening in his personal life. A Monk's life is one of hard work , discipline prayer and meditation. Most Monasteries the wake up call is 4 am with a period of silent prayer followed by a hearty but simple breakfast including bread which is made by Monks who get up earlier than 4am. After cleaning up, the Monk is ready to go to work, which can and does include ; gardening in the warm weather to be used for table vegetables and fruits; small and large construction projects grounds keeping and in Monasteries that allow tours, leading visitors around the grounds to get a small idea what entails life in a Monastery. Other monks spend their day on office jobs such as fund raising, newsletters, printing up brochures and keeping precise records of donations. afternoons are spent the same ways including midday meal, prayer time . At supper a Monk is chosen in a rotating order to speak about the wonders of GOD. After a nightly prayer service bedtime is called and the Monks return to their rooms or cells as they are called; and reads or writes in a spiritual vein and usually retires at about 10pm A Monk is usually in superb shape due to the hard work he does all day long. Younger monks and novitiates engage in sports when time permits which encompasses flag football , handball, and many other that men in their 20s or 30s participate in. They normally wake up around midnight and worship.

Answer 4

wake up at 12am and go to matins and then lord and then they go back to bed for 3 hours and wake for grace and breakfast then they are assigned there duties like gardening cleaning fishing and other stuff then they have high mass then they have lunch and then they work for 4 ours then attend Vesper and have supper and then have Compline at 8 and then they go to sleep

Answer 5

This is one example of a daily schedule from one monastery in Japan. Different temples will have different schedules.

Daily Schedule

4:00 Shinrei (Wake-up)

4:20 Zazen (meditation)

5:50 Zazen

6:00 Choka (Morning Liturgy)

7:30 Breakfast

8:00 Study Hour

9:00 Samu (Work Practice)

11:30 Lunch

13:30 Samu

16:20 Evening Liturgy

17:00 Evening Meal

17:20 Bath

19:20 Zazen

20:20 Zazen

21:30 Kaichin (Evening Rounds)

Daily Schedule

Japanese monasteries operate on a "four/nine day" schedule. Days ending in either a four or a nine are light days. On these days, wake-up time is an hour later than usual. After breakfast, there is deep temple and room cleaning, and the monks shave their heads. Training for temple positions often takes place on these days. Monks have about two hours in the afternoon for personal time, and meals are slightly more informal. The evenings are usually dedicated to a class.

Answer 6

Answer 1: monks pray to they're god and feed sheeps

Answer 2: "they're god?" They're? Spelled that way? And "feed sheeps?" Oy.

In another Wiki Answer, I explain, in great detail, about the lives of monks (specifically, versus the lives of friars; but pretty much everything one would need to know about the lives of monks is there).

I've put a link to it down in the "sources and related links" section of this web page, below.

Answer 7

The usual daily routine of most monks goes like this:

1. 5.45 Wake-up Bell

2. 6.00 to 7.00 Morning Prayer (Tara Puja in the Prayer Hall with breakfast)

3. 7.30 to 9.00 Recitation and memorizing of the prayer/ritual texts

4. 9.00 to 10.00 Tibetan Language Class

5. 10.00 to 11.00 English Language Class

6. 11.30 to 13.00 Lunch Break

7. 13.00 to 14.00 Tibetan Language Class

8. 14.00 to 15.00 Revision of the day's lesson

9. 15.00 Tea Break

10. 15.00 to 17.00 Revision of recitation and memorization of the prayer/ritual texts

11. Break

12. 19.00 to 21.00 Evening Prayer and Recitations

13. 21.00 to 21.30 Self study

14. 21.30 Bed and light off

Answer 8

Everyday monks take care of the temple compound, cut the grass, clean the inside of the buildings, pray, learn and study the Buddha teachings

Answer 9

Catholic, prolly.