The purpose of shaving hair when ordained. Every time a monastic raises his hand to touch his head, he must be aware that he is a follower of Buddhist teachings, accepting the Buddha - a person with great heroism and great strength as a teacher, then we must learn to follow the virtues of the Buddha. of Buddha. Another happiness of Buddhists when returning to the temple is seeing the images of the monks, learning the Dharma from the teachers, and being helped by the teachers to solve the problems in daily life. You are indeed a powerful man. Strength here is not about physical strength, but mental strength. You dare to renounce family, live without family, force yourself within the framework of dignity and precepts. You are the person who on behalf of the Buddhas proclaim the Dharma, make the Buddhist teachings widely disseminated, and bring benefits to many people. Gentlemen with the image of a round head in a square shirt, exuding a majestic beauty that is free from mundane. We have noticed that everyone who is a monastic follow Buddhism, even though they are different in sects (Southern Buddhism, Northern Buddhism ...), different in Dharma (Zen Buddhism, Tantric Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism ...), different in terms of religion. The way they dress (the monastics in each country have different ways of dressing), different ways of worshiping and living… but they all have one thing in common: they all shave their hair and beard. So what is the purpose of shaving hair off? The monastic must be a model of morality, a model for the world to follow. Morality of the monastic, a beauty in Buddhist culture Shave hair to no longer distinguish between classes In the Buddha's time in the world, Indian society attaches great importance to class division. There were four classes existing in that period, including the Brahmin class who specializes in sacrifices, the sādhāyas who are the royal class, the Veshā who are the merchants and business owners, and the last, the Thuda-class. la is a person of the same age, a worker and an employee of the other three classes. In addition, there is another class, called the Chandala, who can only do one job, which is dumping manure. The three upper classes consider themselves noble, while the Thudala is classified as lowly. Each class has a different style of bun. Looking at a person's bun, we can tell which class that person belongs to, noble or lowly. At that time, the class division was very intense. Low class people are treated very badly. They were not educated, were tortured and exploited by other classes. Understanding that suffering of sentient beings and understanding the truth "there is no caste when blood is red, There is no class when tears are salty", so Buddhism was born. The Buddha - who had a policy of wanting to eliminate the distinction between classes, advocated equality between classes. The first thing to proceed to abolish caste is that the Buddha established that practitioners, when ordained as a monk, must shave off their beards and hairs, so that outsiders can no longer know that they belong to this class. which level. That is the first reason that monks when ordained to have to shave their hair. Every time we take the form of a monk with a round head and a square shirt, we step out into the world, every time we admit to everyone that "I am a virtuous person". Every time we take the form of a monk with a round head and a square shirt, we step out into the world, every time we admit to everyone that "I am a virtuous person". The spirit of building a healthy and ethical life for monastics Shaving hair makes monastics different from other people In the article Quy Son Canh Sach by Zen master Linh Huu, there is a passage: "Phu monastic falsehood, super-faithful prosperity. , the mind is profane, introducing the holy dragon". Meaning: "If you are a monastic, you must take steps to go to the depths, have a different mentality, inherit and flourish the Holy Order". In it, there is the sentence "heavy shape of mind", which means that from the inside to the outer appearance of a monastic, it must be different from that of worldly people. As for the outer appearance, worldly people wear silk clothes with colorful colors of blue, red, purple, and yellow. On the contrary, monastics are only allowed to wear brown robes and colorless shirts. People of the world cut, dye, and make their hair beautiful, and use beautiful things such as gold brooches and jade combs in their hair. Those who have left home must brush off their green hair. Worldly people spend a lot of time taking care of their illusory bodies. The monastic by not paying too much attention to the outer appearance, but have more time to practice, inner transformation. According to Buddhism, hair is a symbol of defilements. Shaving hair means eliminating afflictions In the Bhikkhuni Japanese Uses of Monk Only One, a book on the bedside of a monastic has a passage: "Except for cultivation and development. die". (Shaving off hair and beard, should wish sentient beings, abandon all defilements, be absolutely pure). Or there is a verse: "Destroy the detailed image of cutting love from home, monastic life, and preaching the Holy Way to save people". Or there is a poem: "The hair has just been shaved, and then the book of life has been smeared". Every time a monastic raises his hand to touch his head, We must be aware that we are followers of Buddhist teachings and accept the Buddha - a person with great heroism and great strength as a teacher, then we must learn to follow the Buddha's deeds. Every time a monastic raises his hand to touch his head, he must be aware that he is a follower of Buddhist teachings, accepting the Buddha - a person with great heroism and great strength as a teacher, then we must learn to follow the virtues of the Buddha. of Buddha. Young people's monastic journey Through all three verses above, it is mentioned that monastics have to shave off their hair and beard. Once a monk makes a vow to shave his hair, he has also vowed to shave off all the impurities in his heart, eliminate all karmic afflictions (greed, anger, delusion, etc.), and cut off the ropes that bind him. body and mind (talent, form, fame, real, lobe), cut off the rope of attachment (relationships in the family such as parents, siblings, husband and wife), Vow to leave the home of the three realms (the world of desire, the world of form, and the world of no form), vow to propagate the Buddhadharma and save all sentient beings. It is the vast vow of a monastic practitioner. We understand that it only takes about thirty minutes to shave off a hair. However, in order to shave off the karmic obstacles in the mind, to transform the body and mind from polluted to pure, one has to shave the whole life, sometimes it's time to close your eyes but still not finish. As people walking on the path of liberation, we must be determined to do the difficult things. Only then, can we be called a powerful person, a great person. Every time a monastic raises his hand to touch his head, he must be aware that he is a follower of Buddhist teachings, accepting the Buddha - a person with great heroism and great strength as a teacher, then we must learn to follow the virtues of the Buddha. of Buddha. What did the Buddha do? We must also be willing to do the same. Every time we take the form of a monk with a round head and a square shirt, we step out into the world, every time we admit to everyone that "I am a virtuous person". The monastic must be a model of morality, a model for the world to follow. Therefore, we must live in accordance with the form that we have. Is that so new, the grace of the Buddhas, the grace of the ancestor has given us this world of wisdom. is every time we admit to people that “I am a moral person”. The monastic must be a model of morality, a model for the world to follow. Therefore, we must live in accordance with the form that we have. Is that so new, the grace of the Buddhas, the grace of the ancestor has given us this world of wisdom. is every time we admit to people that “I am a moral person”. The monastic must be a model of morality, a model for the world to follow. Therefore, we must live in accordance with the form that we have. Is that so new, the grace of the Buddhas, the grace of the ancestor has given us this world of wisdom.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.1/2/2023.VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.