This picture portrays three monks meditating and pretending to be enlightened for their Zen master. The picture may be accurate on some accounts and there are probably some instances where Buddhist monks actually look like they do in this picture. There are a couple of stereotypes portrayed in this like the stereotypes that the all Buddhists monks have to be bald and that they always just wear those robes. While many may be bald it is not a requirement for the monks to be bald and monks do not always have to wear those robes some just wear the robes for their meditation session and then change afterword’s.
While these stereotypes may be true in some cases all Buddhists monks and other Buddhists practitioners fit into this stereotype like Warner said, “Authentic Buddhism doesn’t always come packaged the way we imagine it should.” So basically anybody can practice Buddhism without having to try and fit into this mold that stereotypes have created about Buddhism.
