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sects, a man under the age of 20 cannot be ordained as a bhiksu (monk) but can be ordained as a samanera. Samaneras (and samaneristhe equivalent term for women) live according to the Ten Precepts and devote themselves to religious service during breaks from secular schooling, or in conjunction with it if they are devoted to formal ordination. In other cultures and Buddhist traditions (particularly in Northeast Asia, and in those in the West that derive from these lineages), monks take different sets of vows and follow different

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