Our country is a country with a large number of Buddhists. In ancient feudal society, Buddhism was very popular, but now people do not govern the country as Buddhists did in the past.
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But do you know?
The original origin of Buddhism was not in our country, but in India.
After Buddhism appeared in India, it gradually developed and spread, and began to spread to the outside world. After being spread to our country, after many years of development, it gradually became the largest religion in our country and has influenced it for hundreds of years.
Due to the long history of believing in Buddhism, there are many Buddhist temples in our country. For example, White Horse Temple is a very famous Buddhist temple.
However, what I want to ask everyone is that I have not found such a pattern, that is, most of the temples will have a nunnery.
Those who practice in temples are monks, and those who practice in nunneries are nuns. It stands to reason that both of them attach great importance to men and women, but why are temples and nunneries so close together?
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In fact, at the beginning, it was because the nuns’ ability to protect themselves was relatively weak. In the past, society was very chaotic, and nunneries were full of weak women. If they encountered It's hard for bad guys to resist.
are both monks, so the nuns will choose to build a nunnery near the temple, so that the monks can help if something happens.
Another point is that the Buddha did not allow women to become monks at the beginning. Later, for some reasons, nuns were created, but they had to follow the monk's ordination method, so temples and nunneries are generally relatively close to each other.
What do you think about this?
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