"The blow crushed the side of her head," said the junior monk quietly.

"The damage to her brain has obviously impaired her memory," said the junior monk softly.

A memorization exam to test the skills of all the junior monks on the ritual texts is held in the eighth Tibetan month.

A "junior monk" dislocated his shoulder and then popped it back into place as the announcer declared he needed a few days of rest.

The junior monk's shoulder had miraculously recovered; he was dangling prayer beads and other trinkets for sale.

They currently have two junior monks, and two novices.

As of 2012, the community consisted of 26 monks with than a few of those being junior monks.

Many other monasteries send their junior monks to Heiligenkreuz for theological and monastic training.

Bhaṭṭārakas, who head institutions, are technically junior monks, and thus permitted to stay in the same place.

In the Digambara traditions, a junior monk can have several ranks: