Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe i ka mea e hana nei ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o nā monasteries Himalayan pohihihi? Ua ʻimi ʻo Kushal Parikh, kahi mea paʻi kiʻi ma Mumbai, e ʻimi i kēia mea pohihihi a ua hoʻolimalima ʻo ia i ʻelima mau lā ma kahi hoʻi o nā mōneka Tibet. ʻO ka hopena o kona noho ʻana i ka monastery he moʻolelo kiʻi e pili ana i ke ola o ka poʻe noho o ka monastery, a me kekahi mau haʻawina ola koʻikoʻi. Pīhoihoi loa ʻo Parikh i ka ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole nā kānaka a pau o ka hale mōneka. "Ua hālāwai au me kahi nun ma laila," wahi a Kushal. “Ua make kāna kāne ma hope koke iho o ka hānau ʻana o kā lāua keiki ʻelua. Ua makemake ʻo ia i kahi malu a ua ʻae ka monastery iā ia. ʻO ka ʻōlelo pinepine pinepine āna i ʻōlelo ai: “Ua hauʻoli au!”
Wahi a Kushal, ʻo nā monasteries ma India kahi home o nā ʻano kanaka ʻelua: ʻo nā Tibetans i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia e ka mana Kina, a me nā poʻe i hoʻokuke ʻia e ko lākou ʻohana a i ʻole nā ʻohana. I loko o ka hale mōneka, ʻike nā mōneka a me nā nun i kahi ʻohana hou. Ua pane ʻo Kushal i kekahi mau nīnau: