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**fenter1** · 12-14-2005, 07:00 AM

I attempted to ask my private student what the difference in colors of a monk's robes meant. He responded that they are all orange. He said if there are different colors it is because the factory that the robes were made at used a different orange dye. He adamently claims there are no varying colors.

I have seen Orange/Orangish, Marroon and Brown. Unless they are colorblind at the robe factory, I'm sure Marroon is not anything like Orange.

I'm curious to the meaning behind the different colored robes. My student went into great detail (he loves repeating Thai history in English and I love hearing it) about the first monk robes and people leaving new robes in the forest for the forest monks (these were yellow?), but he was unable to tell me the difference in colors.

Any help?

(btw I love this forum! I've been lurking for a month or so and I have learned a lot. Always helpful responses and thoroughly researched as well. Great job!)

12-14-2005, 07:00 AM	#2
fenter1 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 360 Senior Member	Monks Robes I attempted to ask my private student what the difference in colors of a monk's robes meant. He responded that they are all orange. He said if there are different colors it is because the factory that the robes were made at used a different orange dye. He adamently claims there are no varying colors. I have seen Orange/Orangish, Marroon and Brown. Unless they are colorblind at the robe factory, I'm sure Marroon is not anything like Orange. I'm curious to the meaning behind the different colored robes. My student went into great detail (he loves repeating Thai history in English and I love hearing it) about the first monk robes and people leaving new robes in the forest for the forest monks (these were yellow?), but he was unable to tell me the difference in colors. Any help? (btw I love this forum! I've been lurking for a month or so and I have learned a lot. Always helpful responses and thoroughly researched as well. Great job!)
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