Parents File Lawsuit Against Monk After Children Get Injured During Amulet Test

[snoop1130]

 

Five parents have sued a monk from Khao Rae Temple in Sukhothai, northern Thailand, alleging that he injured their children during a test of his 'magical amulets'.

 

Using Facebook, the father of one boy shared his 13-year-old's encounter, prompting 70-year-old monk Boonsong to admit his deeds. The father reported his son's burns to the police, pinning blame on the monk's amulet testing.

 

In a Channel 3 interview, the father said his son disclosed the origin of a burn wound on his hand - through a monk's amulet testing exercise at the temple.

 

Pong, a victim aged 13, explained to reporters that he and his friends had been given 200 baht each by the monk to participate in testing the 'Miracle Buddhas' amulets. The boys, desiring the money, followed the monk's instructions.

 

Pong stated that the monk claimed the amulets had healing abilities and would defend them from harm. The boys held the amulets as the monk poured acidic liquid onto their hands to prove the amulets' power. However, the acid ended up causing burns to the boys, indicating that the amulets had no magical strength.

 

When the parents confronted the monk at the temple, he refused to see them. Although a temple representative pledged to cover the medical bills, the parents remained unsatisfied, making a police report at Tung Saliam Police Station to get the monk to admit his guilt.

 

Boonsong met with the police on May 2 to discuss the incident. The police stated that gathering evidence and assembling a special investigation team would make the legal process lengthy.

 

Meanwhile, certain locals are angry at the parents for causing harm to the temple's reputation through social media. One believer in the amulets, Chai, insisted on their power based on his own successful test, remarking that he had not been harmed and continues to hold reverence for the amulet till date.

 

Photo courtesy of The Thaiger

 

-- 2024-05-03

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[transam]

Hocus Pocus..............🥴

[OneMoreFarang]

Lock him up!

[johng]

17 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

However, the acid ended up causing burns to the boys, indicating that the amulets had no magical strength.

Yeah well duh !!!

I expect to see a plethora of news stories from miraculous near death escapees espousing the miracle amulets  so as not to damage their reputation.

[Artisi]

Just more stupid monk magic, what's wrong with these idiots - jail a few of them, 1 to a safeguard the vulnerable public and secondly set and example to these idiots with their hokus pokus nonsense. 

[worgeordie]

Good job they weren't trying out the bullet proof amulets ..............................

 

regards Worgeordie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[roo860]

Backward superstitious morons.

Chai should have acid poured on his head, the thick <deleted>+

 

Edited May 3 by roo860

[roo860]

'Boonsong met with the police on May 2 to discuss the incident. The police stated that gathering evidence and assembling a special investigation team would make the legal process lengthy.'

 

Oh there's a suprise, let's offer the parents a few thousand baht, save them waiting a year or so for any result. 

[brianthainess]

49 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Meanwhile, certain locals are angry at the parents for causing harm to the temple's reputation through social media.

What next sue the parents, jeez these nutters are everywhere. 

[transam]

9 minutes ago, roo860 said:

Backward superstitious morons.

Chai should have acid poured on his head, the thick <deleted>+

 

I tend to agree......🤗

[NONG CHOK]

Thailand the HUB of gullibilty, when I got married 22 years ago I used cop this garbage about ghosts etc. Thankfully things are normal now as over the years I proved to her indoors that it's all total crap.

[stoner]

a window into the mindset of these dinosaurs. 

[connda]

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Pong stated that the monk claimed the amulets had healing abilities and would defend them from harm. The boys held the amulets as the monk poured acidic liquid onto their hands to prove the amulets' power. However, the acid ended up causing burns to the boys, indicating that the amulets had no magical strength.

This isn't Buddhism.  It's really time for another purge of Thai Buddhism as there was during the reign of Rama IV. 

[transam]

4 minutes ago, stoner said:

a window into the mindset of these dinosaurs. 

No, one bloke and his religious stuff.........

[stoner]

1 minute ago, transam said:

No, one bloke and his religious stuff.........

wrong. countless stories over the years of monks doing nefarious things. 

[Korat Kiwi]

Pour some acid on his (the monks) wanger...  the amulet will protect him. 

 

Heres 200 baht in case it goes wrong. 

 

All good?  Great

[transam]

2 minutes ago, stoner said:

wrong. countless stories over the years of monks doing nefarious things. 

In this case it was one bloke and his thing, are they all doing what he did......?

Of course, we can find other monks doing their "thing" too.......🤭

[Andre0720]

If it is based on faith, stay away from it.

Be it any religion, or any amulet....

[stoner]

44 minutes ago, transam said:

In this case it was one bloke and his thing, are they all doing what he did......?

Of course, we can find other monks doing their "thing" too.......🤭

 

who said they all were ? 

[2long]

And the parents are now being blamed for showing the temple in a negative light!

You could not make this sh*t up!

[stoner]

2 minutes ago, 2long said:

And the parents are now being blamed for showing the temple in a negative light!

You could not make this sh*t up!

 

exactly. mindset.

[BangkokReady]

A tricky situation where law and religion collide.  The parents might say, "Of course the amulets wouldn't protect the children from acid, anyone would know that".  But if many people believe that amulets do have magical powers, and that making merit at the temple means they will receive rewards now or in the next life, was the monk so crazy, in this context, to believe that the amulets would protect them?  Or do the parents think that that amulet failed on this occasion, so they need compensation, without it really challenging their faith at all?

[BangkokReady]

3 minutes ago, 2long said:

And the parents are now being blamed for showing the temple in a negative light!

You could not make this sh*t up!

 

That's standard Thai culture.  If you point out something bad, you're the bad person.

[Artisi]

10 hours ago, transam said:

No, one bloke and his religious stuff.........

 

10 hours ago, stoner said:

wrong. countless stories over the years of monks doing nefarious things. 

While many others are doing the right thing and not involved with this stupid nonsense. 

[stoner]

1 minute ago, Artisi said:

 

While many others are doing the right thing and not involved with this stupid nonsense. 

 

lets pretend thai buddhism is seen in a good light now a days. you ever see wat dhammakaya in pathum thani ? perfect example of thai buddhism for the most part in today's world.

 

usually every week or so you hear of another temple caught in a multi million baht scandal. these bad apples outshine the good now i'm afraid. 

[2baht]

10 hours ago, Korat Kiwi said:

Pour some acid on his (the monks) wanger...  the amulet will protect him.  

  

 

Boonsong, put your wanger away! 

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Meanwhile, certain locals are angry at the parents for causing harm to the temple's reputation through social media. One believer in the amulets, Chai, insisted on their power based on his own successful test, remarking that he had not been harmed and continues to hold reverence for the amulet till date.

You can fool some of the people some of the time...... you know the rest.

 

 

 

 

[Artisi]

2 hours ago, stoner said:

 

lets pretend thai buddhism is seen in a good light now a days. you ever see wat dhammakaya in pathum thani ? perfect example of thai buddhism for the most part in today's world.

 

usually every week or so you hear of another temple caught in a multi million baht scandal. these bad apples outshine the good now i'm afraid. 

It's the same for all religions, eastern, western, middle eastern etc, all with many idiots who get noted for their stupidity whereas the good deeds don't appear in the  news, therefore the perception is screwed towards the idiot fringe. 

[soalbundy]

13 hours ago, Artisi said:

Just more stupid monk magic, what's wrong with these idiots - jail a few of them, 1 to a safeguard the vulnerable public and secondly set and example to these idiots with their hokus pokus nonsense. 

I've been intensely reading about Buddha and his deep philosophical teachings lately, nowhere have I come across such rubbish in his discourses, this 'monk' doesn't know his Buddha from his Mickey mouse. It would seem it is enough to put on a saffron robe and call yourself a monk without ever studying his work. His brilliant teachings on 'non-self' and the 'world is empty' sound counter intuitive if one goes by the title alone. He didn't seem to have a spiritual message as such, certainly no beliefs in magic, his aim was to relieve suffering in mankind in the here and now by teaching how to live in a correct manner. Over 2,500 years much has been added to his teachings as they were only written down 400 years after his death having been passed down orally, his rejection of an Atman or soul would indicate a denial of reincarnation although he did consider rebirth, the distinction he showed by lighting a new candle from a dying one, the flame (life) is passed on but the new candle (person) is entirely different. No religions or philosophical teachings improve with time, the true message gets lost and buried, see Christianity as an example, Jesus was a Jew and Jews don't believe in heaven or hell.

[newbee2022]

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

 

Five parents have sued a monk from Khao Rae Temple in Sukhothai, northern Thailand, alleging that he injured their children during a test of his 'magical amulets'.

 

Using Facebook, the father of one boy shared his 13-year-old's encounter, prompting 70-year-old monk Boonsong to admit his deeds. The father reported his son's burns to the police, pinning blame on the monk's amulet testing.

 

In a Channel 3 interview, the father said his son disclosed the origin of a burn wound on his hand - through a monk's amulet testing exercise at the temple.

 

Pong, a victim aged 13, explained to reporters that he and his friends had been given 200 baht each by the monk to participate in testing the 'Miracle Buddhas' amulets. The boys, desiring the money, followed the monk's instructions.

 

Pong stated that the monk claimed the amulets had healing abilities and would defend them from harm. The boys held the amulets as the monk poured acidic liquid onto their hands to prove the amulets' power. However, the acid ended up causing burns to the boys, indicating that the amulets had no magical strength.

 

When the parents confronted the monk at the temple, he refused to see them. Although a temple representative pledged to cover the medical bills, the parents remained unsatisfied, making a police report at Tung Saliam Police Station to get the monk to admit his guilt.

 

Boonsong met with the police on May 2 to discuss the incident. The police stated that gathering evidence and assembling a special investigation team would make the legal process lengthy.

 

Meanwhile, certain locals are angry at the parents for causing harm to the temple's reputation through social media. One believer in the amulets, Chai, insisted on their power based on his own successful test, remarking that he had not been harmed and continues to hold reverence for the amulet till date.

 

Photo courtesy of The Thaiger

 

-- 2024-05-03

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Unfrock this idiot immediately 😡