518 Buddhist Monks and Nuns Take Vows
Associated Press
PEKING —
Buddhist monks and nuns took vows in record numbers this month at a 1,500-year-old temple in Nanking, the official news agency said Friday. The ceremony, involving 518 monks and nuns, was the largest such event in 37 years of communist rule.
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