The Principal Monk

He's the guy with the bigger yellow hat, the wide shoulder pads and the stick. His job is to make sure the monks are focused during paryer (If I remember correctly).

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Prayers in the snow

December 9th 2007
A day full of surprises Okay so when I got up and looked out the window something didn't look quite right, so I opened the door and stepped outside into the snow. Yeah, it snowed over night, its kind of cold here. Anyway, after the excitement of the snow wore off it was off to the monastery with a French guy I met the night before, we were to take a tour of the monastery with a monk ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more

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