Skip to content

Quanzhen Local Monastic Rules

Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 15_DAOIST_PRECEPTS_ISE_BOUNDARIES_v2_3.md.

Source file: 15_DAOIST_PRECEPTS_ISE_BOUNDARIES_v2_3.md

Class: INSTITUTIONAL DISCIPLINE

Quanzhen monasteries also maintained local rules beyond ordination precepts.

For each monastery record:

  • sleep/wake times;
  • meditation periods;
  • meals;
  • silence;
  • celibacy;
  • labor;
  • ritual attendance;
  • travel permissions;
  • possession of money/property;
  • punishment/penance;
  • hierarchy.

Avoid creating an imaginary universal “Quanzhen monastic timetable.”