Later new monks started coming again and Lakkoskiti received up to 90 monks in 24 huts.
The number of new monks exceeded forty within a short period of time.
Hundreds of new monks are admitted each year, many of them refugees from Tibet.
In time, your new monks will simply become another lot of ambitious schemers, grasping for anything in sight.
Supplies from the country ceased and no new monks arrived at the skete.
And the third built cells to house new monks who attended the hermitage.
The man who'd spoken was tall, dressed in a new brown monk's robe, and a fresh tonsure revealed much of the scalp above his forehead.
Shenzong donated lands to the temple, and a new monk was ordained every year.
Head up now, not looking back, the new monk followed him.
Each new monk or nun had a three year probationary period, concluding with admittance in full standing to the monastery.