Why do Monks live in Monasteries?
November 19th 2006 We are now at Mt Emei at the Bau Gau Monastery. It is an idyllic setting which we didn't really get to appreciate yesterday as it was getting dark and the rather basic conditions and the lack of decent shower facilities has shocked us out of the 3 star luxury we have gotten used to. All the toilets are squat toilets - which we were expecting. But the head monk has refused to open the shower facili
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