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**dodadaxia** · 01-04-2012, 11:23 PM

How about the monks who were brought to the temple at a very young age by their parents? did they have a choice? Personally I don't agree with small boys having to leaving their parents and be put into monasteries, that is something cultural rather than what was requested of children by the Buddha. I think becoming a monk should be a matter of choice for adults.

However, I think its very commendable when people decide to renounce worldly life as adults, if they're able to follow that discipline. There are some inspirational teachers who are celibate monks and nuns.

01-04-2012, 11:23 PM	#12
dodadaxia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 387 Senior Member	How about the monks who were brought to the temple at a very young age by their parents? did they have a choice? Personally I don't agree with small boys having to leaving their parents and be put into monasteries, that is something cultural rather than what was requested of children by the Buddha. I think becoming a monk should be a matter of choice for adults. However, I think its very commendable when people decide to renounce worldly life as adults, if they're able to follow that discipline. There are some inspirational teachers who are celibate monks and nuns.
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