webfact Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Govt working with all sides to promote Buddhism BANGKOK, 29th January 2018 (NNT) – The Thai government is working with allies in all sectors to perpetuate Buddhist teachings in Thailand. Giving his lecture before a group of Buddhist preceptors at Sam Phraya Worawiharn Temple, Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana, Minister attached to the Prime Minister Office, said the government has been collaborating with all related agencies to push for the reform of Buddhism, while supporting Buddhist principles and religious activities in Thailand. Suwaphan said the promotion of Buddhism and related undertakings are far more difficult than administrative tasks due to the fact that the success is rather subjective and intangible. Unlike administrative reform, the reform of Buddhism doesn’t have an indicator or a scale to measure its success. Like other problems, he said religious conflicts need constructive solutions that are based on cooperation and understanding. -- nnt 2018-01-29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Real Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Supporting of Buddhism is absolutely nothing wrong. First, though, a control must be made to take away the many people that enlist in temples as monks just to hide from their past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Yellowish/orange Buddhism (Dhammayuttika Nikaya), it probably goes without saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Get Real said: Supporting of Buddhism is absolutely nothing wrong. First, though, a control must be made to take away the many people that enlist in temples as monks just to hide from their past. Sadly, that is just so true. Being a forgiving religion/culture it does encourage wrong-doers/criminals to try and hide behind a religion in an attempt to throw others off their scent and also in order to re-invent themselves. Edited January 29, 2018 by bluesofa misprit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Karl Marx had it right..."opium of the people". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, brewsterbudgen said: Karl Marx had it right..."opium of the people". Yeah. Mind you, you'd get fined for smoking it here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will E Vormer Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Promoting buddhism to foreigners means warning us not to buy images of buddha on great big billboards near the airport. Well, stop selling them to us!Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 unfortunately in Thailand religion is a total joke and involves just as much corruption as the govt itself, if money is involved no one can be trusted as has been shown in recent years with all the crap happening inside the temples. The monks do not follow their teachings at the best of times, it has become a total sham over the years and the good ones are becoming far and few between. Then you have the thais themselves, most have no idea what it means to be buddhist and they do not follow their teachings, its whatever suits them at the time that is important, screw their fellow thai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Will they promote the Wat Dhammakaya model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 19 minutes ago, seajae said: unfortunately in Thailand religion is a total joke and involves just as much corruption as the govt itself, if money is involved no one can be trusted as has been shown in recent years with all the crap happening inside the temples. The monks do not follow their teachings at the best of times, it has become a total sham over the years and the good ones are becoming far and few between. Then you have the thais themselves, most have no idea what it means to be buddhist and they do not follow their teachings, its whatever suits them at the time that is important, screw their fellow thai So True ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 thailands Buddhism/Superstitionism... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob12345 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Get Real said: Supporting of Buddhism is absolutely nothing wrong. Unless a government does it which is supposed to represent the people of who are not all buddhists. Keep promoting buddhism and risk having conflicts like in the most southern provinces. Maybe the government should stay out of religious matters (which is hard given the consitution clearly preferring buddhism). Edited January 29, 2018 by Bob12345 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeVonderBearz Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) I can't imagine that becoming a monk needs much promotion. Just learn to say a few words that no one understands, have a shave, don some robes and it's the good life from there on in. No work, nice fancy phones, money and what ever else the people decide to give. And you don't actually have to give up all the things that you say you will, drugs, alcohol, sex etc. Edited January 29, 2018 by ZeVonderBearz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Is Buddhism the official state religion of Thailand? I get conflicting results on google (no surprise there....). If it is I suppose promoting Buddhism might be okay... but IMO not so wise. How about promoting Islam, Hinduism, etc etc as many Thai citizens have those faiths? Seems they already get the short end of the stick, having to support various Buddhist practices, temples etc they don't believe in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 Thai Buddhism and Thai democracy. What's next- a Thai math reform and 1+1 = 3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 6 hours ago, webfact said: the promotion of Buddhism and related undertakings are far more difficult than administrative tasks due to the fact that the success is rather subjective and intangible. As the Thai Buddhist government has experienced in the southern provinces where 95% of the population is Muslim. Yet it cannot understand why there has been a decades Muslim insurgency in the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickmouse1 Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 I think the Gov should promote tolerance and harmony between all religions in Thailand as not all Thai are Buddhists. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimamey Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 6 hours ago, Emster23 said: Is Buddhism the official state religion of Thailand? I get conflicting results on google (no surprise there....). If it is I suppose promoting Buddhism might be okay... but IMO not so wise. How about promoting Islam, Hinduism, etc etc as many Thai citizens have those faiths? Seems they already get the short end of the stick, having to support various Buddhist practices, temples etc they don't believe in I think there an attempt by the Buddhist hierarchy to make Buddhism the state religion, presumably to give them more power but I don't think it has happened so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 5 minutes ago, kimamey said: I think there an attempt by the Buddhist hierarchy to make Buddhism the state religion, presumably to give them more power but I don't think it has happened so far. A lot of pressure was brought on the NCPO-appointed Constitutional Draft Committee in 2016 to declare in the draft that Buddhism is the state religion. The CDC ultimately rejected the demand. The rejection was consistent since 1997 wherein Thai constitutions have always mentioned the state’s duty to protect and promote Buddhism and other religions. But the manner in which Buddhism has been incorporated into every day Thai lives within society, government funding and education system Thailand is a de facto Buddhist state. http://www.newmandala.org/buddhist-politics-and-thailands-dangerous-path/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWIBATCH Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 9 hours ago, seajae said: unfortunately in Thailand religion is a total joke and involves just as much corruption as the govt itself, if money is involved no one can be trusted as has been shown in recent years with all the crap happening inside the temples. The monks do not follow their teachings at the best of times, it has become a total sham over the years and the good ones are becoming far and few between. Then you have the thais themselves, most have no idea what it means to be buddhist and they do not follow their teachings, its whatever suits them at the time that is important, screw their fellow thai Well said....I have heard the monks being referred to as the "Orange Mafia"...and the giving of money both small and large amounts to the temples as the "stupid tax"...and those two references I have heard from both Thais and Foreigners..I kidd you not..!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darcula Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 12 hours ago, webfact said: Govt working with all sides to promote Buddhism Every big promotion needs a mascot. I know just the guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakeupplease Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 The B word is that a new word for criminals, because 99% of them are just that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Dude Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) The Buddhist clergy here need to get a grip on things here...much corruption and decadence has taken hold and they risk trivializing the faith for the locals as they become more cynical towards the monastic collective over a constant stream of misdeeds exposed in the media. To me, seems like it's only the old folks that really believe these days and when they are gone.....well, who knows. It is definitely in crisis but I don't think the old abbots and bigwig monks realise it. Edited January 29, 2018 by Sir Dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Dick Posted January 29, 2018 Share Posted January 29, 2018 5 hours ago, KIWIBATCH said: Well said....I have heard the monks being referred to as the "Orange Mafia"...and the giving of money both small and large amounts to the temples as the "stupid tax"...and those two references I have heard from both Thais and Foreigners..I kidd you not..!! Orange is BOTH red and yellow, they satisfy both sides of Thai politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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