Under the name of Basilians are included all the religions that follow the Rule of St. Basil. The monasteries of such religions have never possessed the hierarchical organization which ordinarily exists in the houses of an order properly so called. Only a few houses were formerly grouped into congregations or are today so combined. St. Basil drew up his Rule for the members of the monastery he founded about 356 on the banks of the Iris in Cappadocia. St Basil's claim to the authorship of the Rules and other ascetical writings that go under h ...

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Basilian monk, Basilian monk - Rule of St. Basil, Basilian monk - Monasteries in the Middle East and Anatolia, Basilian monk - Latin Basilians

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The original two hour pilot was commissioned by ABC, originally as a vehicle for Michael Richards, who dropped out after reading the script for the pilot. Afterward, they weren't certain about the series and handed it off to USA Network. As part of the deal, ABC got the right to air repeats of the series after the episodes ran on USA. ABC used some episodes to fill in its summer schedule and got respectable ratings. Technically, the deal is still in place, but with USA Network being bought by NBC/Universal, the odds of e ...

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Monk TV series, Monk TV series - Series overview, Monk TV series - Series history, Monk TV series - Characters, Monk TV series - Main characters, Monk TV series - Secondary characters, Monk TV series - Monk's phobias, Monk TV series - Awards and nominations, Monk TV series - Emmy Awards, Monk TV series - Golden Globes, Monk TV series - Screen Actors Guild, Monk TV series - Edgar Award, Monk TV series - Monk in other countries, Monk TV series - Reruns/syndication, Monk TV series - Spinoff

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In Square Enix's Final Fantasy series of computer role-playing games, the Monk (Japanese: モンク) is a character class (or "job"). It is frequently also referred as the Black Belt. In Final Fantasy I and Final Fantasy III an upgraded, more powerful form of the class appears as the Karate Master (からてか). The Monk is portrayed a master of martial arts (especially karate) who shuns heavy weapons or armor in favor of barehanded fighting. In the later games, it has also shown a proclivity ...

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Monk character class, Monk character class - In Final Fantasy, Monk character class - In EverQuest

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The monasteries of Cappadocia were the first to accept the Rule of St. Basil; it afterwards spread gradually to all the monasteries of the East. Those of Armenia, Chaldea, and of the Syrian countries in general preferred instead of the Rule of St. Basil those observances which were known among them as the Rule of St. Anthony. Neither the ecclesiastical nor the imperial authority was exerted to make conformity to the Basilian Rule universal. It is therefore impossible to tell the epoch at which it acquired the supremacy in the religious commu ...

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Basilian monk, Basilian monk - Rule of St. Basil, Basilian monk - Monasteries in the Middle East and Anatolia, Basilian monk - Latin Basilians

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In 570, Antonius Placentius said that in the valleys of Mount Sinai there was a monastery in which the monks spoke Greek, Latin, Syriac, Egyptian and Bessian. The origin of the monasteries is explained in a mediaeval hagiography written by Simeon Metaphrastes, in Vita Sancti Theodosii Coenobiarchae in which he wrote that Saint Theodorius founded on the shore of the Dead Sea a monastery with four churches, in each being spoken a different language, among which Bessan was found. The place where the monasteries were founde ...

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Bessi, Bessi - Bessian monks in the Sinai

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The traditional Indian dating, using a calendar supposed to have been established by Vikramaditya makes him a 1st century BCE king. However, the generally adopted dates for the known Indian kings and dynasties do not place any Vikramaditya in this period. In a recorded form, the possibility of such a king is seen in "Kalakacharya Kathanaka", a work by a Jain sage called Mahesara Suri (Probably circa 12th century CE). The Kathanaka (meaning, "an account") tells the story of a famed Jain monk Kalakacharya. It mentions that ...

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Vikramāditya, Vikramāditya - The Jain monk account, Vikramāditya - The legend of Vikramaditya, Vikramāditya - Nine Gems and Vikramaditya's court in Ujjain, Vikramāditya - The Vikrama Samvat Vikrama Era, Vikramāditya - Vikramaditya and Shalivahana, Vikramāditya - The Gupta King, Vikramāditya - Inscription in the Kaaba in Mecca, Vikramāditya - See Also

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The traditional Indian sources on Vikramaditya make no association of this name with any Gupta king. It is usually taken as a personal name and not a title. Further, no historical evidence has been found of any king of Ujjain having existed with this title during 1st century BCE. However, in a recorded form, a possibility arises of a historical record of this name in "Kalakacharya Kathanaka", a work by a Jain sage called Mahesara Suri (Probably circa 12th century CE). The Kathanaka (meaning, "an account") tells the story of a f ...

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Vikramāditya, Vikramāditya - The Jain monk account, Vikramāditya - The legend of Vikramaditya, Vikramāditya - Nine Gems and Vikramaditya's court in Ujjain, Vikramāditya - The Vikrama Samvat Vikrama Era, Vikramāditya - Vikramaditya and Shalivahana, Vikramāditya - The Gupta King, Vikramāditya - Vikramaditya inscription in the Kaaba in Mecca, Vikramāditya - See Also

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The Indo-Greek king Menander I (reigned 160- 135 BCE) had his capital in Sagala, in today’s northern Punjab, and is described by Strabo as one of the most powerful Greek kings of the period, even greater than Alexander the Great. Menander probably converted to Buddhism, and seems to have encouraged the spread of the faith within the Indian subcontinent, and possibly into Central Asia as well. A documented example of the influence of a Greek Buddhist monk is found in the Mahavamsa again: ...

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Greco-Buddhist monasticism, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Background, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greeks monks under Ashoka, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Dharmaraksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Mahyantika, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Maharaksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greek monks under Menander, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Mahadharmaraksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Reference, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - External link:

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According to Edicts of Ashoka, Greek populations (generally described in ancient times throughout the Classical world as Yona, Yojanas or Yavanas, lit. “Ionians” [1]) were under his rule in northwestern India. "Here in the king's domain among the Greeks, the Kambojas, the Nabhakas, the Nabhapamkits, the Bhojas, the Pitinikas, the Andhras and the Palidas, everywhere people are following Beloved-of ...

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Greco-Buddhist monasticism, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Background, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greeks monks under Ashoka, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Dharmaraksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Mahyantika, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Maharaksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greek monks under Menander, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Mahadharmaraksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Reference, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - External link:

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Like most dynastic changes, the end of the Sui Dynasty was a time of upheaval and contention for the throne. One of those who had declared himself Emperor was Wang Shichong, who controlled the territory of Zheng and the ancient capital of Luoyang. Overlooking Luoyang on Mount Huanyuan was the Cypress Valley Estate, which had served as the site of a fort during the Jin and a commandery during the Qi. Sui Emperor Wen had bestowed the estate on a nearby monastery called Shaolin for its monks to farm but Wang Shichong, realizing it ...

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Shaolin martial arts, Shaolin martial arts - Northern and Southern styles, Shaolin martial arts - The legend of Bodhidharma, Shaolin martial arts - Current theories, Shaolin martial arts - The Shaolin monks and the prince, Shaolin martial arts - The legend of the Five Animals, Shaolin martial arts - Current theories, Shaolin martial arts - Influence outside of China, Shaolin martial arts - Popular Shaolin martial arts outside of China, Shaolin martial arts - Notes

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It is known that Culdee Monks were persecuted by the vikings in the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. The Culdee originated in Ireland and Scotland; however, some of them were known to have sailed to Iceland and Greenland, thence to Labrador and Nova Scotia to flee the vikings. The most convincing facts that the Culdee arrived in the Maine and New Hampshire areas are approximately 275 beehive stone huts. These stone structures are similar to those found in Ireland and Scotland, which were built in the Early Middle Ages or earlier. The ...

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Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Overview, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - The diffusionist view, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - The isolationist view, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - The Bering Land Bridge model, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - The isolationist dogma, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Lessening of the dogma, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Bering Land Bridge model in question, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Feasibilty of trans-oceanic travels, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Historical long-range travels, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Modern experiments, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - The Vikings in Newfoundland, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Claims based on cultural and biological similarities, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Polynesians, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Africans, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Egyptians and Mesopotamians, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Phoenicians Greek and Romans, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Chinese, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Indians, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Claims based on legends and documents, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Carthaginians, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Saint Brendan, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Culdee Monks, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Prince Madoc of Wales, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Zichmni aka Robert Sinclair, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Late contacts, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Zheng He, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Spanish, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Portuguese, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Dutch, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - English, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Reverse contacts, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Caecilius Metellus, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Antonio Galvano, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Bartolomé de las Casas, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Lost continents flying saucers and La Merika, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Religious accounts, Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact - Bibliography

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Kasaya

The monk�s robe, or cassock.

 (See also: Kasaya, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

Buddhism was introduced to Kucha before the end of the 1st century, however it was not until the 3rd century that the kingdom became a major center of Buddhism, primarily the Shravakayana branch but also Mahayana. (In this respect it differed from Khotan, a Mahayana-dominated kingdom on the southern side of the desert.) According to the Chinese Book of Jin, during the third century there were nearly one thousand Buddhist stupas and temples in Kucha. At this time, Kuchanese monks began to travel to China. The fourth century saw yet fur ...

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Kucha, Kucha - Kucha and Buddhism, Kucha - Monasteries, Kucha - Nunneries, Kucha - Monks, Kucha - Neighbors, Kucha - Timeline, Kucha - Sources

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Hotei - As Angida Arhat. The Laughing Buddha derives from the time of Sakyamuni Buddha, where there was a monk named Angida, who was one of the 18 Arhats of Buddhism. According to legend Angida was a talented Indian snake catcher whose aim was to catch venomous snakes to prevent them from biting passers-by. Angida would also remove the snake's venomous fangs and release them. Due to his kindness, he was able to attain bodhi. Both Hotei and Angida have similar resemblences, as they both are obese, seen laughing and carry a bag. Hotei - A ...

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Hotei, Hotei - History, Hotei - As Angida Arhat, Hotei - As a Chinese Buddhist monk, Hotei - Description, Hotei - Religion, Hotei - Western trends

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Today, Plum Village is made up of four major residential hamlets. Upper Hamlet houses approximately 65 monks and laymen, as well as being Thich Nhat Hanh's residence. Lower Hamlet houses over 40 nuns and laywomen. Son Ha Temple houses approximately 20 monks, and the New Hamlet, 20 minutes away by bus, houses approximately 40 nuns and laywomen. Plum Village has branches in the United States of America: Green Mountain Dharma Center and Maple Forest Monastery in Vermont, and Deer ...

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Plum Village, Plum Village - History, Plum Village - Practice, Plum Village - Hamlets

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One belief surrounding the figure of Hotei in popular folklore is that if a person is to rub his belly, it brings forth wealth, good luck, and prosperity. This belief however does not form part of any Buddhist doctrine. He is often admired for his happiness, plenitude, and supposedly wisdom of contentment. Chinese Buddhists have adopted Hotei as the Laughing Buddha into the Mahayana Buddhist pantheon and his image may be found in the first hall of many Buddhist monasteries. Ch'an temples will usually have Hotei located at their entrances & courtyards. Hotei was attributed the title of Maitreya Buddha because of a poem allegedy ...

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Hotei, Hotei - History, Hotei - As Angida Arhat, Hotei - As a Chinese Buddhist monk, Hotei - Description, Hotei - Religion, Hotei - Western trends

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The image of Hotei is almost always seen carrying a cloth or linen sack, which never empties, and is filled with many precious items, including rice plants (indicating wealth), sweets for children, food, and the woes of the world. Sometimes it can be filled with children, as they are seen as some of those precious items of this world. His duty is patron of the weak, poor and children. In some scenes he may be found sitting on a cart drawn by boys, or wielding a fan called an oogi (said to be a "wish giving" fan -- in the distant past, this type of fan was used by the aristocracy to indicate to vassals t ...

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Hotei, Hotei - History, Hotei - As Angida Arhat, Hotei - As a Chinese Buddhist monk, Hotei - Description, Hotei - Religion, Hotei - Western trends

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Several characters are seen with having mysterious dots on their forehead. Omi has nine white dots, in three rows of three. Master Monk Guan has six, two rows of three standing on the width; his are yellow. One of the monks in the Xiaolin Temple(The one with the large head) had the same pattern as Master Monk Guan, as seen in the episode with the Sapphire Dragon. When Master Monk Guan showed Omi a book, in his debut, it showed a large shadow along with a goat-demon enslaving Chase Yo ...

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Xiaolin Showdown, Xiaolin Showdown - Shen Gong Wu, Xiaolin Showdown - Xiaolin Showdowns, Xiaolin Showdown - Major Characters, Xiaolin Showdown - Techniques Learned, Xiaolin Showdown - Other Techniques, Xiaolin Showdown - Monks and their Wudai Weapons, Xiaolin Showdown - Forehead Dots, Xiaolin Showdown - Overall Showdown Record, Xiaolin Showdown - Voice actors and their roles

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Emperor Ashoka convened the third Buddhist council around 250 BCE at Pataliputra (today's Patna). It was held by the monk Moggaliputta. The Pali canon (Tipitaka, or Tripitaka in Sanskrit, lit. the "Three Baskets"), which are the texts of reference of traditional Buddhism and considered to be directly transmitted from the Buddha, was formalized at that time. They consist of the doctrine (the Sutra Pitaka), the monastic discipline (Vinaya Pitaka) and an addition ...

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Greco-Buddhist monasticism, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Background, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greeks monks under Ashoka, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Dharmaraksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Mahyantika, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Maharaksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Greek monks under Menander, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Mahadharmaraksita, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - Reference, Greco-Buddhist monasticism - External link:

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Buddhism in China - Arrival along the Silk Road. The arrival of Buddhism in China followed the first contacts between China and Central Asia which occurred with the opening of the Silk Road in the 2nd century BCE. Chinese murals in the Tarim Basin city of Dunhuang describe the Emperor Han Wudi (156-87 BCE) worshipping Buddhist statues, "golden men brought in 120 BCE by a great Han general in his campaigns against the nomads". However, there is no such mention of ...

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Buddhism in China, Buddhism in China - History of Buddhism in China, Buddhism in China - Arrival along the Silk Road, Buddhism in China - Relation to Confucianism and Daoism, Buddhism in China - Local interpretation of Indian texts, Buddhism in China - Buddhism gains political traction in the north, Buddhism in China - Monks and rulers join forces, Buddhism in China - Modern Chinese Buddhism, Buddhism in China - Reference

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"Shaolin" itself literally means "young forest." The Henan temple was built in the 20th year of the Tàihé (太和) era of the Northern Wei Dynasty (i.e. 497 CE) by Emperor Xiaowen for the monk Batuo. It was some 30 years after its founding that the Temple received a visitor largely regarded as the father of Shaolin martial arts: a monk, variously Persian or Indian, named Bodhidharma (pinyin: Pútídámó; commonly shortened to Dámó). According to legend, Bodhidharma came to Shaolin to introduce the form of Buddhism w ...

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Shaolin martial arts, Shaolin martial arts - Northern and Southern styles, Shaolin martial arts - The legend of Bodhidharma, Shaolin martial arts - Current theories, Shaolin martial arts - The Shaolin monks and the prince, Shaolin martial arts - The legend of the Five Animals, Shaolin martial arts - Current theories, Shaolin martial arts - Influence outside of China, Shaolin martial arts - Popular Shaolin martial arts outside of China, Shaolin martial arts - Notes

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There are currently six character professions available, each with their own attributes and unique skill sets, though it is not uncommon to see specific 'builds' centered around a particular arrangement of skills and professions: It is confirmed that in the Chapter 2 expansion, Guild Wars: Factions, there will be at least two new professions: the Assassin and the Ritualist. < ...

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Guild Wars, Guild Wars - Overview, Guild Wars - Game mechanics, Guild Wars - Professions, Guild Wars - Elementalist, Guild Wars - Mesmer, Guild Wars - Monk, Guild Wars - Necromancer, Guild Wars - Ranger, Guild Wars - Warrior, Guild Wars - Locations, Guild Wars - Common terms, Guild Wars - Emotes, Guild Wars - Collector's Edition, Guild Wars - World Championship

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