Is immoral to lie to a monk?
“We’re married” she said to the novice with the tattoos and the orange robe. Buddhist novice monks in Laos usually start in their early teens but he’d waited until… Read More »Is immoral to lie to a monk?
October 2007
Same but different
Hong Kong is part of China, but it’s not. It’s a ‘special administrative zone’ of China (as are Taiwan and Macau, I think). The Chinese from the… Read More »Same but different
Shanghai to Ping’an
We arrived in Shanghai after a night in a hard sleeper. The hard sleeper was 2 bunk beds 3 high in each compartment. We got… Read More »Shanghai to Ping’an