Buddhist Nun From Heaven

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The Buddhist Nun from the Heaven
Today I learned interesting story from my teacher about an Asian girl who wanted to be a Buddhist nun, but her father wasn’t happy with her desire and he decided to kill her. The story was told that a young girl did not want to get married but instead she wantsed to be a Buddhist nun. In Asian culture women had to get married when they are a young age and her responsibility is to take care of her husband and children. If she doesn’t follow the culture, she is disrespecting herself and her family in her communities. But this young girl wanted to be a nun. Her father was very despondent about his daughter decisions. He was a proud father who would rather have his dignity than his daughter’s wish, so he killed

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