Worshippers would take several days to make the ascent, stopping for the night in one or another of the numerous temples or monasteries.

朝拜者要花好几天来登山，在众多寺庙当中选一两个过夜。

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Sometimes children left in convents or monasteries were kept because the nuns or priests felt more strongly about saving souls than reuniting families.

有时，那些安置在修道院的孩子会被留下，因为在修女或神父的心中，孩子回归家庭怀抱远比不上拯救灵魂来得重要。

youdao

There is an erroneous concept relevant, which says that peace of mind is sought and can be attained only by people who lead a completely spiritual life in ashrams or monasteries.

有一种错误认识，认为只有在修行的地方去过一种完全的精神生活的人才能找到和获得内心的平静。

youdao

It's home to some of the most ancient Christian monasteries, and its natural caves or 'hermitages,' were used as shelters and burial grounds going back more than 10,000 years.

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Its members remain fully immersed in the world and do not retreat to monasteries or cloisters.

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Today, thousands of people line up for Easter processions and make pilgrimages to old monasteries and churches that either survived Soviet times or have been restored.

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The people who make these subtle distinctions can be sent off to the monasteries to debate angels on pins and the rest of us can reach for the prunes or not as our own guts tell us we should.

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