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monkhood

[muhngk-hood] / ˈmʌŋk hʊd /


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The gig becomes a lonely endeavor, however, when the pandemic hits and he’s confined to a depopulated campus, sent unwillingly into a kind of monkhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

Following their release from hospital, the boys are now planning to enter the Thai monkhood, as a way to pay tribute to the Thai Navy Sea, Saman Kunan, who died during the rescue operation.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2018

After his parents died in Myanmar when he was a boy, he entered the Buddhist monkhood in Thailand for nearly a decade, a common option for orphans untethered from financial support.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 10, 2018

“I have zero other possessions,” he writes, and thanks to this, he has found peace as a wandering techno-ascetic — Silicon Valley’s version of Zen monkhood.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2016

You could no more imagine grapes without a vine than a Buddhist monkhood that did not spring directly from, and depend entirely on, the people.

From The Soul of a People by H. (Harold) Fielding


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