The centerpiece of his office, it had been fashioned from a slab of granite taken from the mountain monastery on Boreth.

Dissatisfied, though, he wandered through the mountain monasteries.

Mazu's successors had numerous Korean students, some of whom returned to Korea and established their own schools at various mountain monasteries with their leading disciples.

Like most mountain monasteries, this one was built of wood.

His uncle was not best pleased, but suggested that in due course, he might still return from the mountain monastery to take his place and maintain the family rule.

The man immediately recognized him and explained that, for certain reasons, the prince had gone into seclusion in a mountain monastery.

Rumors abounded that they had taken refuge in a mountain monastery that had been long deserted, its exact location unknown.

Turning to Seon, they pursued a markedly itinerant lifestyle, wandering through the mountain monasteries.

In Chinese Buddhism, it is common for most mountain monasteries to remain in retreat periodically for months, and sometimes years.

He sought refuge in Naples, but soon he left that city and spent over two years in an Italian mountain monastery.