farcanell Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Ah, religion.... aren’t they wonderful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 10 hours ago, outsider said: I have scant respect for most monks in Thailand. That's a lot more than I have from seeing where the money ends up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 I have a lot of respect for monks, and once i met an enlightened one, i think, but lately, they are getting a bad press. And for good reason, everybody expects a monk to behave well. It seems there are some bad people around, looking like monks, but they are just dressed like monks. I am not surprised, similar things happen in all countries, it seems that organised religions are losing the grip. I think we are going to see interesting times ahead, the people need to believe in something, and something will fill the void left by religions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgoon Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Thailand... the 'Hub of Plastic Buddhist Monks' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Felony assault? Felonius Monks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Boys night out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 18 hours ago, AGareth2 said: respect the robe not the man thank you for the service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 serenity went out the window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lvr181 Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 I can respect Buddhism but not some of it's robed practitioners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupermarineS6B Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Hows it go ? "Just a man in an orange robe".......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1Voice Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 13 hours ago, Benroon said: I was embarrassed just reading that ! I wasn't embarrassed saying it. Monks are supposed to live by a moral code. Once they violate that code by getting drunk (as these men appear to be), gambling, engaging in sex (in which many of them seem to prefer young boys), or trying to physically assault someone by hitting them, as in this case, they have totally violated that moral code and are no longer "monks", but merely a man in a orange robe, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YetAnother Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 22 hours ago, webfact said: Then the monk aims two punches at him in retaliation before the man in the cap gets off. Monks on the train using foul language claim that the man in the cap is a "bloody khaek". continuing the downward spiral that is thai buddhism Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captspectre Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 21 hours ago, AGareth2 said: respect the robe not the man news flash! it is not the ROBE that is hitting the man! it is the thug inside the robe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhw Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 14 hours ago, ratcatcher said: 22 hours ago, trogers said: They seem to have forgotten that Buddha was also a bloody khaek too... And a bloody Hindu to boot............... a TV post if I've ever seen one. As long as I'm bashing Thais, why not include 2 more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, johnhw said: a TV post if I've ever seen one. As long as I'm bashing Thais, why not include 2 more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PerkinsCuthbert Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 22 hours ago, Oziex1 said: These monks are probably mass murderers, extortionists, or corrupt politicians spending the obligatory week in the robes to be resolved of all sin. Or even absolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trogers Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) 31 minutes ago, johnhw said: a TV post if I've ever seen one. As long as I'm bashing Thais, why not include 2 more? I think you got it wrong. It's Thai monks bashing the race of their worship... I was just pointing out the irony. But then, you don't understand Thai to hear that irony. Edited December 12, 2017 by trogers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhippy Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 14 hours ago, captnhoy said: Monks and Priests, cut from the same cloth. Just different colors. And different centuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muggi1968 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 To protect reputation of Thailand The PM have eventually to forbid the internet ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhippy Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 44 minutes ago, johnhw said: a TV post if I've ever seen one. As long as I'm bashing Thais, why not include 2 more? Bashing Thai monks is not bashing Thais. Bashing Thai budhism is not bashing budhism. The Khaek comment was not bashing Indians, but quite the opposite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranky Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Call that a punch? Pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgeezer Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) The monkhood would be a very lean organisation if its membership was retricted to those men who adhere strictly to the principles of Buddhism, I think. Edited December 12, 2017 by tgeezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trianglechoke Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Poor monks..... such a life of doing without (drugs and phones aside of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavemanwww Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 22 hours ago, Tilacme said: You say not that you are religious and go on to say which you are not. Not that not should tie you up in a knot but all I am saying is not should not be followed by not unless it is something for which you are not. I think this guy escaped from an institution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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