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Grant chooses goofy professor over, say, conflicted wannabe monk, and offers, if nothing else, a reminder that a boyish smile and twinkling blue eyes are simply quirks of genetics rather than reflections of humanity.

The other monks looked down on him based on his appearance and he told them the symbol of Buddha is the lotus.

I’ve never been to your house, but I doubt you live like a monk.

She believes in providing old-school hospitality at the former 14th Century monks' dormitory she has called home for more than 40 years, and where she lived with her husband Leo until his death in 2013.

Vows of silence tend to conjure images of monks meditating in the mountains.