The path to a righteous life! Buddha's teachings on show at Pattaya police station

[rooster59]

The path to a righteous life! Buddha's teachings on show at Pattaya police station

 

Image: The Pattaya News

 

The Pattaya News said that the acting chief of the local force had come up with a wonderful idea.

 

To convince the public and tourists of the error of their ways and lead them to an enlightened path they are showing a video of Buddha's teachings at the police station. 

 

On loop and intermingled with other programs from Police TV is monk Phaisan Wisaro giving the One Stop Service customers the benefit of his knowledge of "dharma". 

 

Pol Col Thanapong Phothi - Na Jomtien chief in charge at the Pattaya station since the death of its former chief a couple of weeks ago - thinks it will be a calming and stress relieving exercise. 

 

Several of his minions have arranged for the program to be shown.

 

Source: The Pattaya News

 

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[petermik]

"showing videos of Buddha,s teachings to enlighten tourists of the errors of their ways" perhaps the acting chief police officer would sit down his underlings and show them first....beggars belief what goes on here at times.....

[RotBenz8888]

After they've cleaned their soules-business as usual!

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

After they've cleaned their soules-business as usual!

Is that souls or soles?

[Orton Rd]

Ask any Thai what the 4 noble truths are or what the eight fold path to enlightenment is and see what answer you get, arai na probably. They have no idea about the Buddhas teachings.

[Sticky Wicket]

These people are complete and utter knobs

[NCC1701A]

 

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the
Inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will
shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness
for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious
Anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers
And you will know
My name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

 

[BobBKK]

Most Thais simply nod towards Buddhism with no clue as to content.

[Sticky Wicket]

The 5 precepts  of Buddhism are commitments to abstain from killing living beings, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying and intoxication.

 

That rules out every Thai I've ever known, most on all 5!

[Orton Rd]

7 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:

The 5 precepts  of Buddhism are commitments to abstain from killing living beings, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying and intoxication.

 

That rules out every Thai I've ever known, most on all 5!

Most Thai monks as well!

[johng]

3 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

abstain from killing living beings

Does that include mosquitoes and snakes ?  how about pigs,cows,chicken and fish ? .. cute furry puppies and kittens ?

[ChrisY1]

Pattaya police station....the new bastion of Budhism and the learning of Dharma....is this a joke?

[bluesofa]

13 minutes ago, johng said:

Does that include mosquitoes and snakes ?  how about pigs,cows,chicken and fish ? .. cute furry puppies and kittens ?

Perhaps it's the new buddhism sect run by Pattaya police. It has killing on a proportional scale: The cuter it is, the better chance of survival.

[Justgrazing]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

 

To convince the public and tourists of the error of their ways and lead them to an enlightened path they are showing a video of Buddha's teachings at the police station

the ones about the drinking , gambling and banging will only be shown after the 10 pm watershed .. 

[champers]

4 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

 

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the
Inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will
shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness
for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious
Anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers
And you will know
My name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

 

BOOM!!! Here endeth the lesson from Samuel L. Jackson. I didn't know he was a Buddhist.

[johng]

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

The cuter it is, the better chance of survival.

The cuter it is the bigger the envelope ( allegedly ) 

[Odysseus123]

38 minutes ago, champers said:

BOOM!!! Here endeth the lesson from Samuel L. Jackson. I didn't know he was a Buddhist.

Ah..so you do know that this is a forum abiut Thailand is it not?

 

Sanuel L Jackson doesn't seem to be a Thai name but I will take your word for it as this post doesn't seem to be a whit more discombobulated then your usual..

 

Have you ever asked yourself.."Why bother?"

[champers]

3 minutes ago, Odysseus123 said:

Ah..so you do know that this is a forum abiut Thailand is it not?

 

Sanuel L Jackson doesn't seem to be a Thai name but I will take your word for it as this post doesn't seem to be a whit more discombobulated then your usual..

 

Have you ever asked yourself.."Why bother?"

Why not bother? It's only a post on an internet forum, not a treatise on World peace. You must be a big Ken Dodd fan to use a word like discombobulated. He wasn't a Buddhist either .... I think ... though he was tattifilarious.

[Odysseus123]

8 minutes ago, champers said:

Why not bother? It's only a post on an internet forum, not a treatise on World peace. You must be a big Ken Dodd fan to use a word like discombobulated. He wasn't a Buddhist either .... I think ... though he was tattifilarious.

Whatever..

 

You did your best..well done Corporal!

Edited November 2, 2019 by Odysseus123

[soalbundy]

6 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

 

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the
Inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will
shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness
for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious
Anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers
And you will know
My name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

 

vengeance and furious eh,  very human emotions for an almighty being. Time for some anger management before he drowns everybody, including the wicked newborn babies and all the animals great and small. I thought that when Abraham asked his name he just said "I am that I am" (in Aramaic) I suppose later he thought for promotion purposes 'The Lord' sounded better.

[Fred white]

6 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

Ask any Thai what the 4 noble truths are or what the eight fold path to enlightenment is and see what answer you get, arai na probably. They have no idea about the Buddhas teachings.

But they will go to the temples and give money that they can't afford to give away

[soalbundy]

What a strange place to promote Buddha's teachings, rather like preaching the gospel in brothel.

[Odysseus123]

1 minute ago, soalbundy said:

What a strange place to promote Buddha's teachings, rather like preaching the gospel in brothel.

Jesus would have been quite happy with that as with Mary Magdalene,,

I suspect Buddha also..

 

[Khun Paul]

Oxymoron the RTP showing videos of a Righteous Life , as they seem only to understand Corruption 

[soalbundy]

Just now, Fred white said:

But they will go to the temples and give money that they can't afford to give away

Every religious institution has a social component, Temples can serve to provide shelter for the very sick and elderly who have no money and nowhere else to go. Religions are also  moral instances which has some effect amongst the population, not a great deal but some. Every society needed their shamans and holy men as a counterweight to the local chief which is today provided by the checks and balance in constitutions and parliaments.

[EricTh]

3 hours ago, johng said:

Does that include mosquitoes and snakes ?  how about pigs,cows,chicken and fish ? .. cute furry puppies and kittens ?

 

Yes, it includes animals but not small things like mosquitoes.

 

If you look at Chinese Buddhist monks, they still adhere to this.

 

I don't know why Thai Buddhist monks are able to eat meat.

 

Edited November 2, 2019 by EricTh

[lensta]

9 hours ago, petermik said:

"showing videos of Buddha,s teachings to enlighten tourists of the errors of their ways" perhaps the acting chief police officer would sit down his underlings and show them first....beggars belief what goes on here at times.....

My thought exactly

[Odysseus123]

2 hours ago, EricTh said:

 

Yes, it includes animals but not small things like mosquitoes.

 

If you look at Chinese Buddhist monks, they still adhere to this.

 

I don't know why Thai Buddhist monks are able to eat meat.

 

Well..nobody likes mosquitoes..

 

Nevertheless there is a a new UN report just out about mosquitoes and (on their verbal evidence) they feel mightily persecuted and there are some murmerings about "mosquito rights" on the premise that "a mosquito a day keeps the dengue in play"

It's a strange world..

[khaowong1]

10 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

 

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the
Inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will
shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness
for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious
Anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers
And you will know
My name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

 

Good one.. ????

[khaowong1]

3 hours ago, EricTh said:

 

Yes, it includes animals but not small things like mosquitoes.

 

If you look at Chinese Buddhist monks, they still adhere to this.

 

I don't know why Thai Buddhist monks are able to eat meat.

 

Because there are two camps of Buddhists.  Mahayana and Theravada.  The Mahayana are strict vegetarians, the Theravada not so much.  The Chinese are Mahayana.