1.   For years, he explained, the monks lived in grass huts.

2.   Refugees huddle in the cold, wind-swept caves in the mountain where Buddhist monks once lived, surviving mostly on tea and bread.

3.   Sixteen monks live at the monastery.

4.   There are small caves in which monks lived, chapels and full-scale churches decorated with soaring murals depicting the lives of Jesus and early saints.

5.   Buddhist monks traditionally live off donations from lay people and followers.

6.   But instead of shunning material comforts, some senior monks live in plush quarters and drive Mercedes Benzes.

7.   French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette visited a monstery Thursday where seven French monks had lived before they were kidnapped and murdered by Algerian militants.

8.   Located behind the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, it is in a compound next to a full-fledged temple where the caretaker monks live.

9.   One committee member said some Thai temples overseas were found to be apartments where the so-called monks were living with wives or girlfriends, the Post said.