Jain Muni or simply Muni is the term often used for Jain monks. A Jain monk does not have a permanent home and does not have any possessions. He wanders barefoot from place to place except for the four months of the rainy season. A Jain monk is not a priest; rather he is himself a worshipped one.

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  • Jain Muni or simply Muni is the term often used for Jain monks. A Jain monk does not have a permanent home and does not have any possessions. He wanders barefoot from place to place except for the four months of the rainy season. A Jain monk is not a priest; rather he is himself a worshipped one. A full Jain monk in either Svetambar or Digambar tradition can belong to one of these ranks: Acharya: leader of the order Upadhyaya: a learned monk, who both teaches and studies himself Muni: an ordinary monk Thse three are mentioned is the three lines of the Namokar Mantra. In the Digambar tradition, a junior monk can be a: Ailak: they use one piece of cloth Kshullak: they may use two pieces of cloth The Svetambar Terapanthi sect has a new rank of junior monks who are called samana. The nuns are called Aryikas in Digambar tradition and Sadhvi in the Svetambar tradition.
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  • Jain Muni or simply Muni is the term often used for Jain monks. A Jain monk does not have a permanent home and does not have any possessions. He wanders barefoot from place to place except for the four months of the rainy season. A Jain monk is not a priest; rather he is himself a worshipped one.
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  • Jain monasticism
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