11.   During the following year, the monks of Rumtek were split, some accepting the Karmapa, some not.

12.   He also required monks to be adept on Apple McIntosh computers.

13.   In retrospect, the garden had been cozy, the monk had been kind.

14.   In monasteries, there was one monk called the Zen Crazy, who had license to walk about and be belligerent and not bathe.

15.   In New York, there are no monks to perform birth-and-death services, and the nearest Buddhist monasteries are hours away in the Hudson Valley.

16.   It is there that monks are still painting icons today, following the traditions.

17.   Lately, though, the monks have been experiencing hostility as a result of numerous reports of immoral behavior.

18.   The monk was right.

19.   The monk was too busy laughing at his own story.

20.   The monks are from the Drepung Gomang Monastery, which is in southern India on land donated by the Indian government.