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  • Buddhist monks pass through Bangkok's red-light district on their morning walk on Nov. 24, 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia. Each morning, Buddhist monks must walk from their monasteries to meet and pray for lay Buddhists, who place food and money in the alms bowls carried by the monks. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • One novice monk shares his newspaper with another outside their quarters at Wat Benchamabophit (the Marble Temple) in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia on November 25, 2007. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • A Buddhist monk smokes a cigarette in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia November 29, 2007. A Thai Government anti-smoking campaign targeted monks in 2003 as a result of a report identifying smoking as the leading cause of death among monks in Thailand. There is no religious edict banning monks from smoking, and about 40 percent of Thailand's 300,000 monks are smokers. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • A Buddhist monk helps dress a newly-ordained monk in an orange robe at Wat Benchamabophit (the Marble Temple) in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Nov. 29, 2007. Thai Buddhist males over 20 years are expected to ordain as a monk at some point during their lives and refrain from killing living beings, stealing, unchaste conduct, false speech, intoxication, eating at forbidden times, dancing, singing, wearing garlands, using perfumes, using high or large beds and accepting gold and silver. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • A jungle monk living in the Thai countryside accepts alms from a lay Buddhist near Saraburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia on Dec. 3, 2007. "Jungle" or "forest" monks focus on the study of meditation and devote themselves to more traditional ascetic practices away from urban areas. They are sometimes considered more pure in their discipline and devotion to Theravada Buddhism than city monks, who are primarily scholars and civic figures. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • Buddhist monks pray at Wat Benchamabophit (the Marble Temple) in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Nov. 29, 2007. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • A Buddhist monk participates in afternoon prayers at Wat Benchamabophit (the Marble Temple) in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Nov. 28, 2007. The Marble Temple, so called because it was built of white Carrara marble from Italy, is the most modern of Bangkok's royal wats and a place of learning for academic-minded monks. Constructed during the reign of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), Wat Benchamabophit means "the temple of the Fifth King." By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • Buddhist monks board a bus outside Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia on December 2, 2007. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • SINGLE-MINDED: As part of their devotion to an ascetic life, Buddhist monks rise for an early-morning walk, earning their daily meals along the way by saying a prayer for those who offer them food. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • A newly-ordained Buddhist monk is dressed in a saffron robe during an ordination ceremony at Chol-phathann Raensasilt Temple in Noonthaburi outside Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia on Nov. 30, 2007. Thai Buddhist males over 20 years are expected to ordain as a monk at some point during their lives and refrain from killing living beings, stealing, unchaste conduct, false speech, intoxication, eating at forbidden times, dancing, singing, wearing garlands, using perfumes, using high or large beds and accepting gold and silver. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • A Buddhist monk waits for a taxi on a curb outside Mahatchulalong University in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia as a group of students passes by on November, 29, 2007. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • Buddhist monks share a magazine in the monastery at Wat Benchamabophit (the Marble Temple) in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Nov. 27, 2007. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • Two Buddhist monks chat before afternoon prayers at Mahathaa Temple in Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia on Nov. 29, 2007. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • A jungle monk sweeps the exterior of his temple at Wat Sri Thep Ni Mit Wararam in Saraburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia on Dec. 3, 2007. "Jungle" or "forest" monks focus on the study of meditation and devote themselves to more traditional ascetic practices away from urban areas. They are sometimes considered more pure in their discipline and devotion to Theravada Buddhism than city monks, who are primarily scholars and civic figures. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • A newly-ordained Buddhist monk talks with his lay Buddhist friends after an ordination ceremony at Chol-phathann Raensasilt Temple in Noonthaburi outside Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia on Nov. 30, 2007. Thai Buddhist males over 20 years are expected to ordain as a monk at some point during their lives and refrain from killing living beings, stealing, unchaste conduct, false speech, intoxication, eating at forbidden times, dancing, singing, wearing garlands, using perfumes, using high or large beds and accepting gold and silver. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • Young Thai women wai during a traditional Buddhist ordination ceremony for new monks outside Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia on December 2, 2007. The wai is a traditional Thai greeting and sign of respect made by pressing the palms together near the chest and bowing. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • A young Thai couple naps in the shade outside Bangkok, Thailand, Southeast Asia on December 2, 2007. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • A Buddhist nun cares for two cats in the Thai countryside at Wat Sri Thep Ni Mit Wararam in Saraburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia on Dec. 3, 2007. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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  • A Bangkok merchant naps amid a large inventory of Buddhist deity statues. By photographer Dave Getzschman
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