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AxEy
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> "In some schools of Buddhism, the tradition was to live with only one bowl and one spoon. The practice was to beg daily... "
Interesting. So the practice of (these schools) of Buddhism requires that there be non-Buddists?
mikestew
78 days ago
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It requires that there be people who aren’t monks, as monks are the ones out begging. Lay people can own lots of stuff, such as houses, hence the term “householders” to mean lay people in Buddhist literature.
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Interesting. So the practice of (these schools) of Buddhism requires that there be non-Buddists?