monk
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Kelden, a 56-year-old former monk born in India to Tibetan exile parents, moved to China in 1987 as a teenager.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Luckily, you don’t have to live like a monk until retirement, said Michael Van Boening, director of the financial-planning group at Mercer Advisors.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
The monk remained politically influential after his release.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The narrator of “The Behavior of the Hawkweeds” ruminates on her grandfather’s childhood encounters with Gregor Mendel, the monk whose experiments with pea plants laid the groundwork for modern genetics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The monk kept his face turned away, avoiding looking into Nok's eyes.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
SHANGRI-LA, China—When China’s masses want to experience the Tibet of chanting, crimson-robed monks and prayer flags flapping in the wind, they don’t go to Tibet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
“The Buddhist Bug” was created in 2011, a few years before “The Red Chador,” and inspired by the pervasiveness of the saffron-colored robes worn by monks in Cambodia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
In Thailand, Buddhist monks take a vow of celibacy and also renounce material possessions.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Both monks have portrayed themselves as defenders of Buddhism against what they describe as Islamist extremism, although Gnanasara has denied any role in the riots.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The bus is full of ladies with shopping bags, girls in school uniforms, and two bald monks.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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