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From Our Own Correspondent: Tea and TV with a Tibetan Monk
In a monastery in eastern Tibet, Horatio Clare learns what a lifetime's devotion to Buddhism demands - and the challenges which technology now poses to this way of being.
In a monastery in eastern Tibet, Horatio Clare hears what a lifetime's devotion to Buddhism demands. While many older monks have spent decades chanting, working and helping their communities, new technology is now challenging the culture and distracting younger novices.
Photo: A young Buddhist monk carries tea for elder monks during morning prayers at the Thikse Monastery on October 5, 2012 near Leh in Ladakh, India. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)
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