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Monk’s name: Hua Chi
My take: Lemme make it clear – it’s not photoshopped! Hua Chi, 70, a doctor in traditional medicine and a true devotee has been praying in a temple in Tongren, China,...
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Buddhist Monk Bo Chhuom, 75, of Lowell, Mass., originally of Cambodia, right, looks on as Samkhann Khoeun, hands only at left, examines a Khmer language manuscript in the former living quarters of the Monk Ly Vann, at the Glory Buddhist Temple, in...
