On his first return visit , the abbot of a temple called bat nha repeatedly offered him the abbotship .
在2005年的第一次访问中，一所名字叫般若（batnha）的寺庙住持多次请禅师当该寺庙住持。
The abbot told xinhua that some children were abandoned by their parents , while others were sent to the temple by the local government and hospitals .
这名住持告诉新华社，他收养的弃婴中，有些是被他们的父母抛弃的，也有一些是当地政府和医院送到寺里的。
The abbot says prayers for the ghosts of roman soldiers , who , he reports , visit his temple to petition for salvation .
那位住持为那些罗马士兵的鬼魂诵经，据他说，这些鬼魂来到他的寺院请求超度。
Through an illiterate woman who acts as a medium , the abbot has discovered that julius caesar himself spent his final days in yongchang county and died a buddhist .
It may be wishful thinking , but so captivating is the notion of a roman town in ancient china that for 50 years it has inspired a disparate variety of supporters , among them an oxford university professor , an australian adventurer and the abbot of a nearby buddhist temple .
