How does a person become a buddhist monk?
In Tibetan Buddhism-Karma Kagyu “some people decide to give up the suffering of samsara so they become a monk and they have strong devotion to the dharma. Some are because the parents are strong Buddhists and wish that they could have been a monk so they put their children in the monastary. Some become a monk because when they see a teacher they feel a great connection and devotion to him so they want to become a monk. Then you go to the monastary and see the head of the monastary for an interview and then if you pass the interview they give you a list of items to bring to monastary. You then go home and prepare. The head of the monastary gives you a special day to enter the monastary and this is a day that for example a full moon, any special Buddhist holidays, etc. After this the monks and the families are at the monastary and the senior monks help shave the heads of the younger ones and teach them how to wear their robes. After this they enter the shrine room or temple and there is
