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At one point, she appears pained by a television report on the Vietnam War, showing a self-immolating monk; her unhappiness about becoming a mother is also offered as a plausible explanation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

What draws Béatrice’s attention is a fantastical claim made by a Benedictine monk in an Italian magazine article from the 1970s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Luckily, you don’t have to live like a monk until retirement, said Michael Van Boening, director of the financial-planning group at Mercer Advisors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturned Thursday a presidential pardon granted to a hardline Buddhist monk and ordered him to serve the remainder of a six-year prison sentence for intimidating the wife of a missing cartoonist.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The monk kept his face turned away, avoiding looking into Nok's eyes.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

SHANGRI-LA, China—When China’s masses want to experience the Tibet of chanting, crimson-robed monks and prayer flags flapping in the wind, they don’t go to Tibet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

“The Buddhist Bug” was created in 2011, a few years before “The Red Chador,” and inspired by the pervasiveness of the saffron-colored robes worn by monks in Cambodia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

Many monks in Thailand receive stipends from the government and are therefore considered state officials.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

Watch: How are monks helping South Korean singles find love?

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Panicked and exhausted, I had scattershot visions of the widow and my almond tree, the tanner, and the monks of my old village so far away.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri