Why do Buddhist monks wear orange or maroon?

Question

What do these colors symbolize?
Also, why do they shave their heads?

I stand corrected. Saffron. But what does it symbolize?

yes, i know but what do they symbolize?

Answer 1

Actually, robes from different regions and schools of Buddhist monks are different colors. Many are orange and maroon.

Back in the early days of the Buddhist movement, the robes were to be made from found cloth (rags) and dyed in the cheapest dye available.

The shaved heads are likewise an expression of simplicity, leaving egoistic preoccupations behind.
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Why do Buddhist monks wear orange or maroon?
What do these colors symbolize?
Also, why do they shave their heads?

Answer 4

The symbolism of orange color is related to the "hiranyamaya kosa" of the mind - which naturally fills the mind with a fiery saffron effulgence when all other desires have ceased in the intense desire for samadhi. It is the symbol of sacrifice and dedication to enlightenment. Not only Buddhist monks wear orange - it is the traditional color of yogic renuniciates. I am a yogic nun of Ananda Marga, and it is part of our uniform as well. I have heard on the other hand that the maroon color that Tibetan buddhists where is considered in ayurveda a "tridoshic" color that balances all types of consititutions.

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What Do Monks Wear

Answer 6

Saffron robes are meant to symbolize the humble clothing of the Buddha and are worn by the monks of the Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka, Cambodia, and Thailand. The monks of different traditions wear robes that range from simple to ornate. The hair is shaved to also show humility and a disinterest in worldly possessions. The Buddha shaved his head at the beginning of his search for enlightenment as well.

Answer 7

In Hinduism, which Buddhism is an outgrowth of and reaction to, the color saffron is associated with sacrifice and salvation, and is associated with sadhus, Hindu holy men. Yellow, apparently, was also the cheapest color in India. In Tibet, where the monks wear dark red, dark red is the cheapest color. Monks are supposed to take a vow of poverty, so it's natural that they would wear the cheapest clothing available.

Answer 8

A Buddhist Monk (Bhikkhu), started wearing the same colors because they were cheapest color available, it became tradition.

Monks (Eastern religions) who shave their head, usually do it as a symbol of renunciation of earthly things and/or part of a ceremony.

The underlying lifestyle of a Monk, is simplicity.

Answer 9

Buddhism originated in India, and the color there is called "ochre" ... or sometimes "saffron".
Ochre is dirt .. rich in iron oxides, you can dye fabric an orangey-brown very inexpensively. Or the spice turmeric was used, which also produces an orangey color in the cloth.

Saffron is a precious and costly herb, since it is the hand-picked stamens of the saffron crocus. As a rare and previous herb, it is unlikely that it was actually used to dye cloth, but that the term "saffron robes" refers more to the color than the material used to produce that color.
Note, though that this precious and costly herb is used in Tibetan Buddhism to color the offering water yellow (just one or two stamens per jug of water) .. so that what is being offered is "special" and not just regular water.

Buddhism reached Tibet later, there robes are read because red dye was cheap and available for dying fabric. And in Zen Buddhism, the robes are often grey ... or brown or black.
You can be sure that it was always economy that dictated what the traditional colors were going to be.
The original Buddhists were just rag-tag bunches of poor people roaming around .. they used whatever they could, and often the fabric for their robes were snips taken out of fabric in the trash or in the graveyards.

The outer robe of monks (the "shawl") is pieced fabric. To designated the vow of poverty. And originally their outer robe would have been pieced together out of whatever scraps of fabric they could have obtained (since one large piece would be much more expensive than small scraps of used fabric).

What do the colors "mean"? Nothing really. They are the traditional colors . that is all.
Yes, my teacher (one of the Dalai Lama's monks ) has explained the robes and colors to us. Most Tibetan monks wear straight maroon. When they are teaching .. IF they are qualified to be a teacher .. they wear maroon and yellow robes .. with blue piping on the edges of the cap sleeves. The blue means something .. some Buddha-quality (no, I don't remember what).

The shaved heads were probably to deal with problems with lice. But represents giving up attachment to one's individuality, and instead dedicating yourself to the "path".

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