His friends told me he had gone to live at a Buddhist monastery for a time of study - common practice for Burmese, most of whom spend various periods of their life living as Buddhist monks.

他的朋友告诉我，他要住到寺庙里去学习一段时间，这在缅甸很普通，很多人在一生中各个时期都会去做一段时间的和尚。

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In ancient times, a monastery was not only a place of Buddhist practice but also a venue for inheriting and promoting traditional culture.

古代的寺院，不仅是修行的场所，也一直是传承和普及传统文化的基地。

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Death is an occasion for neither mourning nor celebrating, but one for solemn Buddhist practice.

死亡不是喜事，也不是丧事，而是一件庄严的。

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Similarly, the University of California and the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies are soon expecting to show the benefits that shamatha meditation, a Buddhist practice, might have on people who are participating in three-month long meditation retreats at the Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado.

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