Editor's Note:
The 23-year-old Yongdan Sangbo was sent to a Tibetan Buddhist learning center in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province when he was six years old. At the age of 16, he attended a sky burial as an eminent monk. He is used to a peaceful life, he said.
The introduction of online shopping has made Sangbo’s life much more similar to his non-religious peers who were born after 1990. Because he was able to read Chinese characters, Sangbo became one of the first batch of monks who love shopping online. He helps other monks buy various goods like mobile phones, food ingredients or exercise equipment.
Sangbo rushes to get his delivery after the daily early morning assembly on February 28. Photo: CFP 
Monks receive the delivery of soy powder that they bought online to make vegetarian food on February 28. The courier surnamed Liu said even two years ago, the monks didn’t know anything about shopping online, but now it has become a part of their daily life. Nearly 100 packages are delivered everyday here. Last year around November 11, China’s largest online shopping festival, several thousand parcels were delivered per day. Photo: CFP 
Yongdan Sangbo signs to get his parcel, which contains a tea set he plans to give his sister as a gift. Photo: CFP 
Yongdan Sangbo reads a book in his 6-square-meter room. “I love reading books during my leisure time. I used to take a bus to the town at the bottom of the mountain to buy books, but shopping online makes it much more convenient,” he said. Photo: CFP
