{"id":236997,"date":"2026-05-12T18:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/meet-gabi-the-robot-that-just-became-a-monk-at-a-buddhist-temple-in-south-korea-its-the-latest-robot-to-take-up-religious-practice"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:09:24","slug":"meet-gabi-the-robot-that-just-became-a-monk-at-a-buddhist-temple-in-south-korea-its-the-latest-robot-to-take-up-religious-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/meet-gabi-the-robot-that-just-became-a-monk-at-a-buddhist-temple-in-south-korea-its-the-latest-robot-to-take-up-religious-practice","title":{"rendered":"Meet \u2018Gabi,\u2019 the Robot That Just Became a Monk at a Buddhist Temple in South Korea. It\u2019s the Latest Robot to Take Up Religious Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SecsyOFodrw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>During the ceremony, Gabi agreed to five vows usually recited by human monks and slightly altered for the humanoid. The robot pledged to respect life, act with peace toward other robots and objects, listen to humans, refrain from acting or speaking in a deceptive manner and save energy.<\/p>\n<p>Gabi participated in a modified yeonbi purification ritual. While a human monk normally receives a small incense burn on the arm, instead Gabi received a lotus lantern festival sticker and a prayer bead necklace.<\/p>\n<p>The landmark event aligns with the promise made during a New Year\u2019s address by the Venerable Jinwoo, president of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, to incorporate artificial intelligence into the Buddhist tradition.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We aim to fearlessly lead the A.I. era and redirect its achievements toward the path of attaining peace of mind and enlightenment,\u2019 he said, per a statement.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The humanoid promised to obey humans, save energy and treat other robots peacefully. South Korean Buddhist leaders have recently started to embrace artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/meet-gabi-the-robot-that-just-became-a-monk-at-a-buddhist-temple-in-south-korea-its-the-latest-robot-to-take-up-religious-practice\">Continue reading \u201cMeet \u2018Gabi,\u2019 the Robot That Just Became a Monk at a Buddhist Temple in South Korea. It\u2019s the Latest Robot to Take Up Religious Practice\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the ceremony, Gabi agreed to five vows usually recited by human monks and slightly altered for the humanoid. The robot pledged to respect life, act with peace toward other robots and objects, listen to humans, refrain from acting or speaking in a deceptive manner and save energy. Gabi participated in a modified yeonbi purification [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":542,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}