sentences:  Monasteries are institutions of Buddhism no less than of Catholic Christianity.The assumption, found in the views of the Montanists and others, that concessions made to the natural appetites may be pardoned in those that are of a lower degree of holiness, while the perfectly holy will refuse to yield in the least to carnal needs and desires, is easily detected also in some of the teachings of Gautama Buddha.The ideal of holiness of both the Buddhist and the Christian saint culminates in poverty and chastity; i.e., celibacy.