沙門
Also known as asceticism, Indian asceticism, asceticism (India), ascetics, Indian ascetics, śramaṇa, shramana, samanas
In Indian religions and philosophies, a śramaṇa (from Sanskrit) or samaṇa (from Pali), sometimes anglicised as shramana, is a person "who labours, toils, or exerts themselves for some higher or religious purpose" or a "seeker, or ascetic, one who performs acts of austerity".
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沙門（梵文：श्रमण śramaṇa；巴利語：शमण samaṇa），又譯為桑門、喪門、娑門、沙門那、沙迦懣曩、室摩那弩、舍羅摩弩，意譯為道士、道人、贫道等，意為「勤息」、「止息」等意，原為古印度宗教名詞，泛指所有出家，修行苦行、禁慾，以乞食為生的宗教人士，後為佛教所沿用，成為佛教男性出家眾（比丘）的代名詞，在漢傳佛教中，意義略同於和尚。
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