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"The abbot's vision was to have up to one thousand monks and nuns in our practice center within the next five years. But at that time, there was barely enough room for the ones already there. We limited the applicants' age to under twenty-five (those with a bachelor or doctorate degree could be up to thirty-five), and put them on a long waiting list" (Nghiem 106).
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"I also felt the need to plan 'cold war strategies' to create boundaries and protect myself" (107).
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"Then there were monastics who were not as fortunate as the Hue sisters. Their teachers did not give them permission to come to Bat Nha. They had to leave their temples secretly, and this haunted them with secret shame much sadness and guilt" (107).
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