Warrior monk

Japanese warrior monks

Hindu-Muslim conflicts provoked the creation of a military order of Hindu ascetics in India.

A warrior monk is a concept found in various cultures of a person who combines aspects of being a monk, such as deep religious devotion and an ascetic lifestyle, with being a warrior, trained to engage in violent conflict. ^[1] According to Bernard of Clairvaux, to designate members of the military orders, both the Hospitallers and, in particular, the Templars. ^[2]

Examples include:

• Sant Sipahi is a Sikh ideology, inspired by the lives of Sikh gurus, of a saint soldier who would adhere to strict discipline in both mind and body.
• Sōhei , a type of Japanese warrior. ^[3]
• Righteous armies, Korean guerilla fighters, including monks
• Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller and Teutonic Knights, warriors during the Crusades.
• Shaolin Monastery, a Chinese monastery renowned for monks who were experts in the martial arts.
• Naga Sadhus, a militaristic sect of arms-bearing Hindu sannyasi.

Within certain parts of the contemporary legal world, legal practitioners who publish articles in law reviews or teach at law schools, in addition to their full-time legal practice, are occasionally referred to as warrior monks.

In fiction:

• The description of the ideal soldier in the manual of the First Earth Battalion.
• The Jedi Order, a fictional monastic organization in the Star Wars epic space opera franchise
• The Adeptus Astartes, Space Marines, are genetically altered super soldiers who serve the Imperium of Mankind in the Warhammer 40,000 universe^{[ citation needed ]} alongside the Adepta Sororitas, Sisters of Battle, who are soldier-nuns serving directly under the command of the Imperium's church.

See also

• Armed priests
• Martial arts § Spirituality
• Bhishma, Hindu legendary character who vows to be celibate and never marry.
• Ali, first Shia imam known as the "Warrior Monk"
• Jim Mattis, US Marine and politician nicknamed "The Warrior Monk"
• Parashurama, a legendary rishi (sage) and a kshatriya (warrior) of Vedic/Hindu legends.

References

1. Peters, Ralph (2010-07-03). "The 'warrior monk'". New York Post. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
2. Seward, Desmond; Farny, Claude-Christine (2008). Les chevaliers de Dieu: les ordres religieux militaires du Moyen âge à nos jours. Paris: Perrin. p. 245. ISBN   978-2-262-02725-4.
3. Hitomi Tonomura (1 January 1992). Community and Commerce in Late Medieval Japan: Corporate Villages of Tokuchin-ho . Stanford University Press. pp.  216–. ISBN   978-0-8047-6614-2.