I have been wondering about the clothing that you wear. I have seen in
lots of pictures / photos of Buddhists that most of them wear orange /
red robes. Is there a reason for this specific colour of clothing?
Answer:by: Venerable Nicolas Thanissaro
A monk's lifestyle is said to be a very pure lifestyle. Pure in that we
don't get married, we live a very disciplined lifestyle – we have a lot
of rules which we have to follow. Monks are supposed to be an example
to the rest of Buddhist society. Because monks live a pure lifestyle,
we set ourselves apart from other people in society a little bit by
dressing differently – thus the colour we use will be that of a pure
material like gold (because gold never gets any rust on it, it is said
to be a very pure material) But if we had a golden robe, I'm sure we
would get mugged a lot more – so instead we wear a colour which is
quite close to gold - that is the colour saffron.
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