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Sex Scandals Shake Monasteries

Bangkokpost.com | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

Read More: Monastery, Monks, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Sex, Buddhism, Gay Monks, Paedophilic Monks, Sex Monastery, Monks Sex, World News

We used to be shocked by sex scandals in the clergy. Given the endless stream of those wrongdoings, we no longer are. Heterosex has also become old ne...

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Thomas Merton: A Man For This (And All) Seasons

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Soul Searching, Monastery, Gethsemani Abbey, Trappist Monk, Pbs Documentary, Seven Storey Mountain, Spirituality, Thomas Merton, Morgan Atkinson, Living News
Cathleen Falsani

I first read Merton, a cloistered monk at the Abbey of Gethsemani in rural Kentucky for most of his life, as a student and was instantly besotted with his unique mix of humanity and holiness.

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Tibetan Monks Sealed in Monastery in Sichuan Request Permission to Pray for Chinese Quake Victims

Rebecca Novick | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Monastery, Demonstration, Tibet, Protest, Earthquake, China, Chinese, Kirti, Tibetan, Dharamsala, Dalai Lama, Tibet Protests, Buddhist Monks, Politics News
Rebecca Novick

Since March, the monks of Kirti have not been allowed to conduct their usual Buddhist rituals, but on May 15th, they received special permission to make an exception.

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