Novice monk burns down temple over 'disgust with life' VnExpress Dissatisfied with monastic training, a 28-year-old monk set fire to over 1,000 square meters of a 650-year-old temple in Saga Prefecture.
Sip cocktails, lie in coffins at a Japanese monk's bar VnExpress A Tokyo bar, directly managed and operated by Buddhist monks, is drawing tourists with its unique blend of alcoholic beverages, sutra chanting, and a simulated death experience.
