i would like to becom a buddhist monk but i do not know where in the [san fransico bay area california] i could become a buddhist monk can you guy help me out and tell me some places i can check out and some web sites to help out thanks. bye
google it man. find a local temple and take your vows. it requires a lot of dedication.
You posting this on every board?
:o
Find a temple, study, take your vows, but wait 'till you’re at least 18 or 20… Live your life a little.
now why the hell would you want to become a Buddhist monk…
…if you don’t even know where to find a temple? It’s a big commitment and you want to enter it sight unseen? That’s a bit absurd, but I guess we shouldn’t question your calling. To me, it’s a bit like saying “I want to be a stripper. Tell me some places I can check out…” Actually, stripping is a lesser commitment (you can put your clothes back on faster than you can grow your hair back) but the process of getting started is about the same. If you want to be a monk, start by going to a monastery; if you want to be a stripper, start by going to a strip club.
How do you think monks/strippers got started before the internet? I mean really, if you want to dedicate your life to a monastery, if your are really serious, you’d do your own research.
buddhist monk…
joe,
you don’t need to be a monk to obtain serious relief from the dharma…
you can study and practice as a lay follower.
~doc
Re: now why the hell would you want to become a Buddhist monk…
Originally posted by GeneChing
[B]…if you don’t even know where to find a temple? It’s a big commitment and you want to enter it sight unseen? That’s a bit absurd, but I guess we shouldn’t question your calling. To me, it’s a bit like saying “I want to be a stripper. Tell me some places I can check out…” Actually, stripping is a lesser commitment (you can put your clothes back on faster than you can grow your hair back) but the process of getting started is about the same. If you want to be a monk, start by going to a monastery; if you want to be a stripper, start by going to a strip club.
How do you think monks/strippers got started before the internet? I mean really, if you want to dedicate your life to a monastery, if your are really serious, you’d do your own research. [/B]
i appluad the analogy gene. monks and strippers 
gene
now that made my day, funny:)
Joe
do your research first.
best to visit, then study as a “layman”
then after some time (at least 3 years) you can seek taking your vows.
Have you even researched the different buddhist sects. I guess if you want to be like Shaolin you should seek a Chan Sect.
When I was in San Fran Last time (94) I visited 2 temples:
Golden wheel??
and the city of 10,000 buddhas???
its a start
Really think about it but then if your ready just jump right in.
good luck
I want to be a rocket pilot, can you guys help me out?
No wait, I changed my mind, I want to be an airplane! NO! wait, I’m seriously considering being a fireman! Do you guys know where I could become a fireman?
Now hold on, I wasn’t really serious, I want to be a soldier man! Yeah, no wait, that shiot can get me killed…
HMmmm what do I want to be?
I know, I want to be a porn star! yeah! Can you guys help me out becoming a porn star? I can’t wait to get the clap so bad it kills me!
No wait, I want to be… I want… I
dang!
I’m not realy sure what I want to be. Where was that temple?
I want to be a rocket pilot, can you guys help me out
move out of canada
I want to be an airplane
do more mushrooms.
I want to be a porn star
Sorry man, from what I hear, Canadians just aren’t up to the role.
move out of canada
Hmmmph, whatever Np! I can find it myself!
do more mushrooms.
That can easily be arranged up here…
Sorry man, from what I hear, Canadians just aren’t up to the role.
No link but a name, Brad Armstrong.
Ha!
3 for 3!
Steeeeerike and the murcan is out! You’re going down like Marvin Hagler in a wig on Hugh Grant buddy!.
Now this is going to sound silly, but I’m serious. Why not look into becoming a Catholic monk, and be the new Bodiharma that they will talk about in martial arts circles 1000 years from now. Bring martial arts exercises and discipline into, say, the Carmelite Order. Fighting monks are not unknown in the Catholic Church (The Knights Templar) and you may not even have to slit your eyelids, sit in a cave or fight snakes or anything like that. Just a thought from a divergent thinker.
I don’t think it’s right to deter the guy..if you’re serious about becomming a monk, or buddhism in general, study and research to find out exactly what is you plan to commit yourself to. If you’re still interested, there are temples around the US, where you can further your study of both kungfu and buddhism…if you’re not happy with that, you can always go to the temple in china…be warned though, these folks have degrees in Buddhism and study as hard as they train…good luck
PS…KL good luck with Airoplane thingie
neoooowwwwwwwwww!
To be come a buddhist monk is similar to getting married. If you think twice, you might not be able to do it.
The catholic church backstabbed the Templars and burned many of them as heretics.
detering the guy…
…fair enough, BL, but here’s my motivation. First of all, none of you, NONE OF YOU, can even begin to imagine how many times I get this question. Secondly, I considered becoming a monk on several occasions. Perhaps I still might, after I retire (either that or I’m going to milk it in the new age…
) So I do take this question very seriously, very personally. Third, and most important, this is the martial community, and the zen family at that. If I can’t spank a junior with a kyoshaku stick every once in a while in hopes of getting them to wake up, then what’s the point? And if he can’t take the kyoshaku, maybe he should consider becoming a monk on Everquest.
And the stripper/monk thing was sort of inspired by my disciple bro, russbo. Anyone who knows doc, knows…
Kung Lek: You are absolutely correct about the fate of the Templers. Friday the 13th gets its bad luck rap due to the Owl King of France doing them in. Unfortunately, the history of mankind is filled with treachery and betrayal, and it is not limited to the Catholic Church. I do not choose to let the possibility of treachery guide my life. I keep my eyes and ears open and can act in a treacherous manner myself when necessary. Maybe that is why I like the leopard so much in kung fu. I do not screw with people and only do what is necessary when I am screwed with. I would venture the possiblity of the knife in the back is always present, but a person must prepare for this and forge ahead with their dreams and goals.
I agree with Gene that a person should really research and know what they are getting into before totally committing to something. It is called, “counting the cost” by some people.
Gene, I do believe the old whacking cane was used to answer the question “what is enlightenment”
when the student is in pain, they are truly living in the moment. They are consumed with the pain of being struck, they are alive with the neurons firing, the confusion as to why they were struck etc etc.
And for that moment, before the pain subsides and they fall back into the relentless noise in their mind, they were in a state of enlightenment.
stupid bas.tards lol
much easier to just sit and listen to the bird sing.
the old whacking cane
Come on, we’re martial artists [SIZE=1]allegedly[/SIZE]. The old whacking cane is what it’s all about. Nothing more enlightening than when someone cracks you on the noggin’, especially if they have lesser skills…