Monk -- The Daily Life of Buddhist Monks

Author: Chen Chen
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Publish Date: 2006-03-09
Features: Illustrates the monastic life, insightful texts on liberation; explores the world of monks, amusingly explains the freedom of all beings. Monks, as a special class in society, have always held a mysterious aspect for us ordinary people: What are their household registration files like? Why do they primarily follow a vegetarian diet? What are the mysteries of Zen? This book, with its witty prose and detailed illustrations, portrays the worldly aspects of monastic life. Monks, as a special class in society, have always held a mysterious aspect for us ordinary people, but this book, through its witty prose and detailed illustrations, portrays the worldly aspects of monastic life. Their simple, minimalist, and humanistic way of life undoubtedly deserves our learning and reference. Monks, as a special class in society, have always held a mysterious aspect for us ordinary people, but this book, through its witty prose and detailed illustrations, portrays the worldly aspects of monastic life. Their simple, minimalist, and humanistic way of life undoubtedly deserves our learning and reference.