1.   The monks refuse, preferring to return to their spiritual quest, but this only angers the emperor, who seeks revenge.

2.   Its monks refuse to join the government-sponsored Vietnam Buddhist Church, the only legal organization for Buddhists in Vietnam.

3.   Song later resigned under pressure but the renegade monks refused to leave the temple.

4.   Song later resigned under pressure, but the renegade monks refused to leave the temple.

5.   Today the monks refuse to leave their small enclosure.

6.   The statements followed an incident in May at the Ganden monastery where monks refused to obey an order to remove portraits of the Dalai Lama.