<p class="ql-block"> 在老挝，高僧在社会生活中扮演着非常重要的角色，因此他们的地位非常高，尤其是小乘佛教。</p><p class="ql-block"> In Laos, high monks play a very important role in social life , so their status is very high, especially in Theravada Buddhism.</p> <p class="ql-block"> 有人说，国家级高僧的待遇几乎和国王差不多。这位高僧就有自己的卧室、办公室和展览室，有专门的年轻和尚服侍他的起居。</p><p class="ql-block">Some say that the treatment of senior monks at the national level is almost the same as that of Kings. The monk has his own bedroom, office and exhibition room, and a dedicated young monk takes care of his daily life.</p> <p class="ql-block"> 他告诉我，他去过东南亚好几个国家，还得到过泰国最高佛教领袖的接见。</p><p class="ql-block">He told me that he had been to several countries in Southeast Asia and had been met by Thailand's top Buddhist leader.</p> <p class="ql-block">END</p>