Inside the Kumbum monastery Buddhist monks: Contradictions, compromises.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | December 9, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: Michael A. Lev

Inside the Kumbum monastery

Buddhist monks: Contradictions, compromises

HUANGZHONG, China _ A monk is talking on his cell phone. A monk is driving his car. A monk is playing violent video games at an Internet cafe. A monk is discussing Chinese politics, describing the heartache of living under communist domination.

It is because of this last monk's views some of the people I meet on this trip to the Tibetan plateau of China cannot be identified.

For the 700 monks of Kumbum monastery, an important center of ...

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