The sangha

Question 1

What are the two types of Buddhist

Answer 1

1. sangha (monks and nuns)
2. lay buddhists (people who have jobs and are buddhist)

Question 2

What do monks or nuns do

Answer 2

They try to be the best Buddhist they can be. They don’t have a job but instead they meditate and read the pali canon. They teach the lay Buddhists. They do chanting. They do all this to bring more Buddhists to become better ones.

Question 3

What do lay Buddhists do for the monks and nuns

Answer 3

They provide food for them

Question 4

What do the monks and nuns do for the lay buddhists

Answer 4

They give them sermons and make them better Buddhists like themselves

Question 5

How many items can monks or nuns carry and what items

Answer 5

Six items: a robe, a bowl, a belt, a sowing kit, a razor and soap + all the usual assential things like clothes

Question 6

How many meals do monks or nuns have and when

Answer 6

Only one before noon

Question 7

What kind of lives do lay Buddhists live

Answer 7

Normal lives but they help the monks and nuns

Question 8

There are 5 moral precepts for the lay Buddhists, what are they

Answer 8

Don’t take life, don’t steal, don’t lie or gossip, no sexual misconduct, no drugs or alcohol.

Question 9

Do you think it is better to be a lay Buddhist or apart of a sangha and why

Answer 9

A lay buddhist has more freedom to do whatever they want but for a monk or nun, they have specific rules

Question 10

What is the pali canon

Answer 10

It is instructions for the monks or nuns