Monk | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-03-20

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monk


00:01:19 1 Orthodox Christianity
00:05:54 1.1 Degrees
00:16:47 2 Western Christianity
00:16:58 2.1 Roman Catholicism
00:23:36 2.2 Anglicanism
00:27:16 2.3 Lutheranism
00:29:02 3 Buddhism
00:33:19 4 Jainism
00:35:44 4.1 Ascetic vows
00:37:19 4.2 Dietary practices
00:38:24 4.3 Austerities and other daily practices
00:40:51 5 Hinduism
00:41:15 5.1 Vaishnava
00:44:07 6 See also



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A monk  (, from Greek: μοναχός,  monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) is a person who practices religious asceticism by monastic  living, either alone or with any number of other monks. A monk may be a person who decides to dedicate his life to serving all other living beings, or to be an ascetic who voluntarily chooses to leave mainstream society and live his or her life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient and can be seen in many religions and in philosophy.
In the Greek language the term can apply to women, but in modern English it is mainly in use for men. The word nun is typically used for female monastics.
Although the term monachos is of Christian origin, in the English language monk tends to be used loosely also for both male and female ascetics from other religious or philosophical backgrounds.  However, being generic, it is not interchangeable with terms that denote particular kinds of monk, such as cenobite, hermit, anchorite, hesychast, or solitary.