Comments on: Ladakh Monasteries and the Paucity of Monks https://www.sanjayausta.in/ladakh-monasteries-and-the-paucity-of-monks/ Journalist / Photographer Thu, 29 Sep 2016 07:19:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.10 By: farah https://www.sanjayausta.in/ladakh-monasteries-and-the-paucity-of-monks/#comment-103551 Mon, 04 May 2015 12:59:25 +0000 http://localhost/fast3cycle_backup/sanjayausta/website/?p=23024#comment-103551 nice information…..nice picture.

]]> By: Shaleen Mathur https://www.sanjayausta.in/ladakh-monasteries-and-the-paucity-of-monks/#comment-103401 Sat, 02 May 2015 03:15:46 +0000 http://localhost/fast3cycle_backup/sanjayausta/website/?p=23024#comment-103401 Nice observation Sanjay. I had visited Ladakh in 2013 and while talking to one of the Monks in a Monastery I could sense that he was not entirely happy with living like a Monk. He was talking about how his parents left him at the Monastery as per tradition and hinted that he does not prefer this lifestyle.

I feel that along with education/family-planning, the growth of tourism, higher incomes and exposure to cultures and people from outside Ladakh, have changed the preferences and practices.

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