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Video game-loving China monk defends hobby, says gaming, religion serve similar life purposes

South China Morning Post
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Video game-loving China monk defends hobby, says gaming, religion serve similar life purposes
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A senior monk in China has attracted widespread social media attention for enthusiastically playing electronic games.
Venerable Huayan, from Mingjiao Temple in Hefei in central Anhui province, has been a Buddhist monk for 20 years.
He began to play e-games when he was a primary school pupil in the early 2000s, Counter-Strike (CS) is his favourite, according to the news portal Sina.com.

Huayan once achieved the Legendary Eagle Master position, a very high ranking in CS.
He said the most...

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