Pathetic Television

On Numbers tonight, the curly-haired mathematician was staying at a Theravadin temple. He called a monk, "Brother." I have never seen a Buddhist temple where people call the monks, "Brother." At Theravadin temples the correct term of address for monks is "Bhante." At the Bhavana Society, they reserve the term "Bhante" for upasampada bhikkhus (fully ordained monks), but they still do not call the samaneras (novices) "Brother." (Though, curiously, they do call the nuns "Sister.")