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Starting at a young age, boys are novices in training until they become fully-fledged monks at an age of 20. Monasteries is like a refuge for poor kids from poverty by providing them with their free education and regular meals.
Novices and monks have no direct need for money and live off food donations given to them by fellow Buddhists, who view them as an integral part of the society as well as a way of gaining merit.
Besides, Buddhism is actually not a religion. It is a philosophy for happy life. It is more meditation and ritual based practices than a religion. In facts Monks do make rituals, crack jokes, play games, eat mostly spicy food and live simple life.
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