“What is a monk?" I am often asked. Sometimes what is meant, or even asked explicitly, is: “What does a monk do?”It’s not an easy question to answer because being a monk is not a job, but a state of life. Monks are among the busiest, most talented people I know, but their jobs are not what make them monks — any more than one person’s occupation makes him or her a husband or wife....
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