"But now there are many occasions when the elderly monks had discussions with the President but he doesn't care."

By the early 2000s, the community was composed of about 20 monks, mostly elderly.

The elderly monk was almost half-blind, and beginning to grow a bit senile.

From a fellow prisoner, an elderly monk, he learned to play the Xiao.

"It is propaganda," said an elderly monk in the north of the country.

Only one monk, elderly and blind, speaks directly to the camera.

Another, more extraordinary in my opinion, was an elderly monk.

Another elderly monk talked of how the demonstrations came about.

Early in the day he set out to visit an elderly monk, who lived in a cave on the mountain above.

One elderly monk recently approached him after reading his novel.