are Buddhist monks allowed to marry?

Answer 1

Zen monks are allowed to marry. I don't know about all Zen monks, but I do know for sure that there are married zen monks.

Answer 2

Buddhist clergymen take a vow of celibacy so no, they couldn't have an important different, in the journey that they fell in love and wanted a relationship with someone they could ought to go away the order.

Answer 3

"Monk" means someone who has chosen not to marry.

monk  /mʌŋk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[muhngk] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun 1. (in Christianity) a man who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons, esp. as a member of an order of cenobites living according to a particular rule and under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
2. (in any religion) a man who is a member of a monastic order: a Buddhist monk.
3. Printing. a dark area on a printed page caused by uneven inking of the plate or type. Compare friar (def. 2).


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[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE munuc < LL monachus < Gk monachós hermit, n. use of adj.: solitary, equiv. to món(os) alone + -achos adj. suffix]


—Synonyms 1. brother. Monk, friar refer to members of special male groups whose lives are devoted to the service of the church, esp. in Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Orthodox denominations. A monk is properly a member of a monastery, under a superior; he is bound by a vow of stability, and is a co-owner of the community property of the monastery. Since the Reformation, monk and friar have been used as if they were the same. A friar is, however, strictly speaking, a member of a mendicant order, whose members are not attached to a monastery and own no community property.
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monk (mngk) Pronunciation Key
n.
A man who is a member of a brotherhood living in a monastery and devoted to a discipline prescribed by his order: a Carthusian monk; a Buddhist monk.


[Middle English munk, from Old English munuc, from Late Latin monachus, from Late Greek monakhos, from Greek, single, from monos. See men-4 in Indo-European Roots.]

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-- You can't be solitary/single and married at the same time.

Answer 4

No. Buddhist nuns aren't allowed to either.

Answer 5

No, they have taken a vow of celibacy like thier fathers before them.


he he - I honestly don't know, I just couldn't resist