RNS CHINA BUDDHISM

(RNS3-NOV07) Ye Liping, right, sells rolls at a store at the remote Larung Gar Buddhist Institute in Serthar, China. Two years ago, Ye left his business and family for the monastic hardships of life at Larung Gar. For use with RNS-CHINA-BUDDHISM, transmitted Nov. 7, 2011. RNS photo by Calum MacLeod/USA Today.

(RNS3-NOV07) Ye Liping, right, sells rolls at a store at the remote Larung Gar Buddhist Institute in Serthar, China. Two years ago, Ye left his business and family for the monastic hardships of life at Larung Gar. For use with RNS-CHINA-BUDDHISM, transmitted Nov. 7, 2011. RNS photo by Calum MacLeod/USA Today.

RNS CHINA BUDDHISM

(RNS3-NOV07) Ye Liping, right, sells rolls at a store at the remote Larung Gar Buddhist Institute in Serthar, China. Two years ago, Ye left his business and family for the monastic hardships of life at Larung Gar. For use with RNS-CHINA-BUDDHISM, transmitted Nov. 7, 2011. RNS photo by Calum MacLeod/USA Today.