{"id":28435,"date":"2026-05-11T13:53:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=28435"},"modified":"2026-05-11T13:53:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:53:57","slug":"humanoid-robot-takes-vows-to-become-a-buddhist-monk-the-era-of-robots-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=28435","title":{"rendered":"Humanoid Robot Takes Vows to Become a Buddhist Monk: &#8216;The Era of Robots Has Arrived&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>A Buddhist temple will have an unusual honorary monk, after a humanoid robot joined the Buddhist collective last week during an ordination ceremony at Jogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The robot received an honorary name, &#8216;Gabi,&#8217; and made an official debut ahead of Buddha&#8217;s birthday.\u00a0The robot is expected to serve as an honorary monk for the celebratory season surrounding the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0<em><strong>New Humanoid Robots Can Mimic Your Expressions, Serve as &#8216;Companions&#8217;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When asked if he would devote himself to Buddha and Buddhist teachings, the robot said, &#8220;Yes, I will devote myself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The head monk said, &#8220;I was surprised myself. (Gabi) replied &#8216;Yes, I will&#8217; by itself. It walked by itself and it pressed the palms by itself. It makes us truly feel that the era of robots walking alongside humanity as partners has arrived.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>PHOTO: The humanoid robot and Buddhist monks at the robot&#8217;s ordination ceremony on May 24 in Seoul, South Korea, May 6, 2026. (AP Photo\/Lee Jin-man)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>* Please sign up for\u00a0CBN Newsletters\u00a0to receive the latest news from a Christian perspective.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<em>\u00a0<\/em>The Rise of AI Jesus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:\u00a0Killer Robots Coming? China&#8217;s AI Edge Over the USA<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Buddhist temple will have an unusual honorary monk, after a humanoid robot joined the Buddhist collective last week during an ordination ceremony at Jogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea. The robot received an honorary name, &#8216;Gabi,&#8217; and made an official debut ahead of Buddha&#8217;s birthday.\u00a0The robot is expected to serve as an honorary monk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[9400,8904,3606,9396,9398,9397,9399,454,4456],"class_list":{"0":"post-28435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jesus","8":"tag-arrived","9":"tag-buddhist","10":"tag-era","11":"tag-humanoid","12":"tag-monk","13":"tag-robot","14":"tag-robots","15":"tag-takes","16":"tag-vows"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}