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It was a good practice, that which was formerly done and is still having a fitful changeful existence in some places of Burma, China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, whereby for a day or two any layman could go to a monastery and live there like the monks during the short period, and could repeat his visit every week or every month or every few months just as he wished. There would always be a place for him where he could practise meditation or study or consult or merely associate with the monks. This gave him a useful change of atmosphere.

-- Notebooks Category 3: Relax and Retreat > Chapter 1 : Take Intermittent Pauses > # 187