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English[en]
A recent order from the Serta county government in Sichuan provides no reason for the demolitions and dramatic reduction in Larung Gar’s population – which consists of at least 10,000 monks, nuns, and laypeople – but simply says that the community is in need of “ideological guidance.”
Chinese[zh]
四川省色达县政府最近发出告示,要求五明佛学院拆除部分僧舍,并大幅减少院内人数──该佛学院现有至少1万名僧尼和未出家修行者──但并未说明理由,仅表示该寺院需要“导正政治思想”。