zzaa09 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 8 hours ago, meechai said: How do you know you live in a Junta controlled dictatorship? When they start telling monks how much humor they can have All of which, will be largely ignored. I do hope that you [et al] realize that this make believe House Committee are just going through the motions, because it what they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 On 9/9/2021 at 5:07 AM, RJRS1301 said: Oh dear, has no one told them the Dali Lama loves to laugh and makes jokes himself. Most Thai monks have no idea who the Dali Lama is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, khaowong1 said: Most Thai monks have no idea who the Dali Lama is. Most? As in the stereotypical painting with a broad brush and the ever popular give it a guess practice? That must've been quite the taxing effort to conduct such a thorough survey and interaction of all monks. Edited September 10, 2021 by zzaa09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Buddhism is serious, however the Thai government is a total laugh... Imagine, a monk with a humor, that is refreshing. Geezer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusion58 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Didn't these guys get the memo? The Buddha is for lucky lottery numbers only! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Rest assured, they'll have the last laugh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 10 hours ago, zzaa09 said: Most? As in the stereotypical painting with a broad brush and the ever popular give it a guess practice? That must've been quite the taxing effort to conduct such a thorough survey and interaction of all monks. zzaa, I was a monk in Thailand for 7 years. Not one Thai monk I ever met knew who the Dali Lama was. Some I met from Sri Lanka and India, yes, Thai, no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJRS1301 Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, khaowong1 said: Most Thai monks have no idea who the Dali Lama is. I was actually referring to The House committee on religions, persons. Edited September 11, 2021 by RJRS1301 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 For those who might have an interests or the least bit curious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 14 hours ago, zzaa09 said: For those who might have an interests or the least bit curious. Thanks, I passed this on to some Thai monk friends. I don't speak Thai, they will tell me what's being said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 10 hours ago, khaowong1 said: Thanks, I passed this on to some Thai monk friends. I don't speak Thai, they will tell me what's being said. They sure have the current popularity on a number of Thai news/public affairs/chat programing of the last week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaowong1 Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 13 hours ago, zzaa09 said: They sure have the current popularity on a number of Thai news/public affairs/chat programing of the last week... I spoke to several Thai friends including some long time monks. The Thai civilians didn't think it was funny or right for these 2 monks to be talking and laughing like they were. The Thai monks I talked to thought it was funny, didn't think it was that bad, but thought they were a little silly for putting it on YouTube for everyone to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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