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Summer Novice Monk Program
On January every years
At Wat Thai Buddharam 1 paradise rd, Forestdale Qld Australia
It is a Thai tradition that young men at the age of twenty spend a period of time in the monkhood in order to forward the merits to their parents who have given them birth and brought them up. Boys under the age of twenty as well as older men who are not ready to obey the 227 precepts required for monkhood can also be ordained as novices, who need to obey only 10 precepts. In recent years, it is popular in Thailand for wats (monasteries) to arrange summer ordainment programs for men and boys. These new novices would enter the Buddist rigorous and austere way of life. They need to learn how to dress themselves properly in saffron robes and how to collect alms from devotees in the communities surrounding the temple. Most importantly, they study the theory of Buddhism and practice Buddhist meditation. The novicehood summer programs often last between 7 days. After this period the novices are disrobed, hopefully to become better persons. Typically such a program involves a lot of effort from both the community and the monastery. This is an opportunity for the monastery to cultivate possible candidates for future monks as well as future patrons while the ordainees are prepared to be more matured members of the community.
Novice 2006
Novice 2007
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Novice 2009
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