Araññavāsi

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araññavāsi (Pali), literally "forest-dweller," refers to a tradition of forest-dwelling monks as contrasted with "town-dwellers" (gāmavāsi) within the Pali tradition.[1] In this context:[1]

  • the forest-dwellers live in relative isolation in the forests and are primarily dedicated to meditation training, and
  • the town-dwellers live in towns or urban monasteries, and are more focused on doctrinal study and teaching.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. araññavāsi
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