Ask Tenzin: Can Buddhist monks marry?

Buddhist monks of all tra­di­tions all over the world take a vow to be celi­bate. They can­not marry. But in Tibetan Buddhism, some peo­ple may be con­fused by peo­ple who aren’t monks but dress sim­i­larly. Tenzin Dorjee clar­i­fies this ques­tion for us.

At the time this report was made, Tenzin Dorjee was a doc­toral can­di­date at the University of California at Santa Barbara.