Smoking Monk: Living Small

Like many Farang I tend to idealize the Theravada monks in Thailand -- exemplary, austere lives lived in the plainest of circumstances. That's why I was taken aback at first by this senior monk sneaking out back for a smoke.  I soon smiled with the realization that it is precisely because these men are human and ordinary that their life choices inspire. Being a monk, living small, taking a smoke break.