No saffron robes: Sri Lanka says monk can’t be cop → Buddhist monks
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Sri Lankan Buddhist monks take a religious oath during a political rally of the island’s all-monk National Heritage Party in Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 3, 2005. A Buddhist monk who applied to join Sri Lanka’s police force and carry a gun has been turned down — because he wouldn’t give up his saffron robes. REUTERS/Anuruddha Lokuhapuarachchi
