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• What does a monk do during a typical day? • Why did you decide to become a monk and why               choose the Theravada tradition? • Did you ever wish you were not a monk? • Do drugs, sex and alcohol ever pose a temptation? • Why do you have only one meal a day? • Does the one meal a day offering affect your health in any way? • Why do monks shave their heads? • How many hours each week are spent in solitary confinement?	• Do you feel that the monastic life is introvert and                 world-denying? • Do you ever feel lonely? • Is there any social aspect to monastic life? • Do you plan to be a monk for the rest of your life? • What do you hope to achieve as a monk? • Can anyone become a monk? • Are all 227 of the monk's rules really necessary? • Why is there so much chanting in Buddhist temples?