Home›Initiatory Rituals›Indic, Buddhist and Zoroastrian Initiation and Ordination RitesGroupIndic, Buddhist and Zoroastrian Initiation and Ordination RitesInitiatory rites of the Dharmic religions and Zoroastrianism: the Sikh Amrit Sanchar, the Buddhist higher ordination of upasampada, the Burmese and Thai novice rites of Shinbyu and Poy Sang Long, monastic tonsure, the Bodhisattva vow, the Jain Anuvrata lay vows and the Zoroastrian Navjote. A ritual belongs here when its cited article describes an initiation, ordination or vow rite of one of these traditions. It excludes royal consecrations.Browse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Indic, Buddhist and Zoroastrian Initiation and Ordination RitesIndic, Buddhist and Zoroastrian Initiation and Ordination Rites5 entriesIndic, Buddhist and Zoroastrian Initiation and Ordination RitesFilter Results5 entriesOrigin Period Start YearAll-400 (1)-100 (1)FrequencyAllAs the occasion requires (1)Once, or at a turning point in a life (4)Life Stage MarkedAllComing of age (1)Entry into the community or the order (3)Ordination, profession or vows (3)ObligationAllObligatory on those who meet its conditions (2)Optional and voluntary (1)Recommended and meritorious, not required (1)Scholarly StandingAllA standard analytic category in the study of religion (5)Social FormAllPerformed by a gathered group (1)Performed by an officiant for a recipient (2)Practice StatusAllLiving tradition, practised today (2)PractitionerAllAll adherents of the tradition (1)Monastics: monks and nuns (1)The candidate undergoing the rite (3)Native To RegionAllIndia (2)Persia (1)TraditionAllMahayana (1)Theravada (2)Originated InAllIndia (2)Persia (1)Originates In LanguageAllAvestan (1)Pali (1)Kind of ritualAllIndic, Buddhist and Zoroastrian Initiation and Ordination Rites (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5Bodhisattva VowInitiatory Rituals6 linksNavjoteInitiatory Rituals6 linksPoy Sang LongInitiatory Rituals3 linksShinbyuInitiatory Rituals4 linksUpasampada (higher ordination)Initiatory Rituals6 linksSourcesBodhisattva vow (Wikipedia)Has Member: Bodhisattva Vow, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Bodhisattva Vow, Introduction, sentence 1The Bodhisattva vow is a vow (Sanskrit: बोधिसत्त्व-प्रणिधानम्, bodhisattva-praṇidhāna, lit. bodhisattva aspiration or resolution; Chinese: 菩薩願, pusa yuan; J. bosatsugan) taken by some Mahāyāna Buddhists to achieve full buddhahood for the sake of all sentient beings.View the SourceNavjote (Wikipedia)Has Member: Navjote, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Navjote, Introduction, sentence 1The navjote (Persian: سدرهپوشی, sedreh-pushi) ceremony is the ritual through which an individual is inducted into the Zoroastrian religion and begins to wear the sedreh and kushti.View the SourcePoy Sang Long (Wikipedia)Has Member: Poy Sang Long, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Poy Sang Long, Introduction, sentence 1Poy sang long (Shan: ပွႆးသၢင်ႇလွင်း) is a rite of passage ceremony among the Shan peoples, in Myanmar and in neighbouring northern Thailand, undergone by boys at some point between seven and fourteen years of age.View the SourceShinbyu (Wikipedia)Has Member: Shinbyu, Introduction, sentence 1Quote, Has Member: Shinbyu, Introduction, sentence 1Shinbyu (Burmese: ရှင်ပြု, MLCTS: hrang pru.; pronounced [ʃɪ̀ɰ̃bjṵ], also spelt shinpyu) is the Burmese term for a novitiation ceremony (pabbajja) in the tradition of Theravada Buddhism, referring to the celebrations marking the sāmaṇera (novitiate) monastic ordination of a boy under the age of 20.View the SourceUpasampadā (Wikipedia)Has Member: Upasampada (higher ordination), Introduction, sentence 2Quote, Has Member: Upasampada (higher ordination), Introduction, sentence 2In more common parlance it specifically refers to the rite and ritual of ascetic vetting (ordination) by which a candidate, if deemed acceptable, enters the community as upasampadān (ordained) and is authorised to undertake ascetic life.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.