9/5/2023 0 Comments Female head shave videoThe choice to shave your head involves a conscious and accepted renunciation of worldly desires and the traditional feminine destiny of marriage and procreation. The shaved head does symbolize celibacy and renunciation for the Buddhist nun. Hair is strongly related to beauty and beauty is strongly related to sexuality. For most people, their self-image changes radically when shaving their hair, so it’s the first step in that direction. There will be no ‘you’ anymore in full realized enlightenment. Our concept of self is attached to so many things, but when you pursue enlightenment you have to let go of yourself. So when they shave their head it is a big symbol to others that you are on this path of enlightenment. Buddhists see the act of shaving their heads as the first step on their journey of complete detachment. Complete detachmentĪnother reason why nuns shave their heads is to symbolize their growth to detachment. ![]() ![]() The symbolism of shaving your hair and the occasion of the ordination ceremony will have a deep impact on your subconscious. It is about leaving your old life behind and starting to live a life away from the trappings of vanity, attachment, personality, and ego. It puts everyone on the same level, and it is also for practical reasons as you save time by not having to take care of your hair.īecoming a Buddhist monk or nun is about completely letting go of any preconceptions of who or what you should be, and all about finding out about who and what you already are underneath the conditioning. To find out who you truly are underneath the many layers of conditioning society has put on you, the hair is removed so that this level of identity is also removed. The biggest one is that the hair is an aspect of the identity and is more often than not, associated with vanity. There is a number of reasons why Buddhist monks and nuns shave their heads. So why would you do it? Finding out who you truly are So as to most women, shaving your hair will most likely be a big sacrifice to you. Whereas the main image associated with a female shaved head is probably disease, especially cancer. Men may shave their heads, this ‘look’ is completely normalized – if not fashionable. The cutting or complete removal of the hair as a woman seems to affect the message of femininity, whereas it does not affect that of masculinity. The fact that the general perception of head-shaven woman in societies often remains negative, shows how prejudicial to femininity the symbol is. Long hair is in most cultures a symbol for femininity. Hair has so many different associations in our society, like youth, beauty, pride, and success. And how we look is strongly affected by our hair. ![]() But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t apply to men… Our relationship with hairĪ big part of our personality is attached to our looks. Because the choice to shave the hair is generally more difficult for a woman than for a man, we focus on women in this blog post. In this blog post, we provide you some background information about our relationship with hair, why you most likely don’t want to shave it and why it would be a great experience to do it anyway. However, it might be extremely hard for you to do this. However, it is recommended that women also shave off their hair and eyebrows to have the full experience. Women have the choice to skip this section of the ceremony and keep their hair. And you have the opportunity to do this as well! As a man, your head and your eyebrows will obligatorily be shaved off during the ordination ceremony. ![]() In April this year, part of the Mindfulness Project team will ordain as monks and nuns for one month. At least you did not imagine this beautiful woman in the first instance bold headed, right? While if I asked you to imagine a beautiful man, the chance is bigger you picture him bold headed… It is very interesting how the way we think about beauty is related to hair. I would dare to bet that you, whether you are male or female, have just pictured her with long hair. Imagine a beautiful woman is walking on the street.
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