HomeCelebrating Buddha’s Teaching: “Tamed mind will bring solace”Centuries of traditions and culture. How old should a child be when ordained a monk? ("Monks, a boy of less than fifteen years of age should not be let to go forth. Whoever should let (one such) go forth, there is an offence of wrong-doing." (Mahavagga, 1.50).
Centuries of traditions and culture. How old should a child be when ordained a monk? (“Monks, a boy of less than fifteen years of age should not be let to go forth. Whoever should let (one such) go forth, there is an offence of wrong-doing.” (Mahavagga, 1.50).
