(1/4) I am the only boy in my family, and I have 5 younger sisters. When I was 10, I became a monk. It was my mother’s idea - she thought it would be an easy life, but my father argued against it. He said, we have only one son, why should he be a monk? In the end, they told me it was my choice – and I chose to be a monk, because I thought I could help people and become more compassionate.
In 1998, when I was 14, the Chinese told everyone they had to undergo ‘re . . .