Master and Students

Buddhist monk holds class in a Burmese monastery black and white

The Master

Burma 2011

The Master stopped fanning himself long enough to turn a page in his book. The tropical sun poured into the open windows. The heat was oppressive.

Scene from a Monastery Buddhist monks use the floor for their copybooks instead of a desk

Diligent

The young monks were oblivious to the heat. They bent to their work, scarcely looking up, even when I stood over them with my camera. In the back of the room young children, from age five to ten, satĀ on benches andĀ chattered and laughed.

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