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“[...] The monks sped up the process up for us laowai who have less time, less patience for basics, and a greater need for…

— Matthew Polly

“Been thinking of my grandfather, whose wayward brilliance skipped my father’s generation. Once, he showed me an aquatint of a certain Siamese temple. Don’t…

— David Mitchell

I didn't realize I was in a Buddhist temple.

— Al Gore

All is lost. Monks, monks, monks!

— Henry VIII of England

“After a year or two, the long term expats won’t see the beggars the same way. After a year or two, the cheeky young…

— Craig Hodges

By many a temple half as old as Time.

— Samuel Rogers

Just studying Buddhism, then meditating and going to Buddhist monasteries, talking to Buddhist monks, combined with the Thai people themselves, changed the way I…

— John Burdett

“Even if you are a monk, like my brother, passion or slaughter will meet you someday. For you cannot survive as a monk if…

— Michael Ondaatje

“all those roads and ports, spread these belief systems faster. Some seem to have mingled ancient beliefs with Buddhist and Hindu thinking – the…

— Andrew Marr

“The emperor has no clothes, and sooner or later everyone is going to see what’s staring them right in the face. When that happens,…

— Jed McKenna

I turned into a monk when my mother went to learn Buddhism in Burma. While she learnt at the monastery, I used to roam…

— Kabir Bedi

“Soon we shall discover that the temple of all humanity is nothing less that the Temple of the Living God!" ~ Chapter One, "The…

— Reverend Dr. Linda De Coff