moe666 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 religion got to love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimCM Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 There is no fun in poking fun at something this easy. I would say it is a disgrace, but it is representative of the society. The true essence of what this faux religion has become. Maybe I should wear an orange shirt and demand people give me money. Where is my Lampang FC shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullstop Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 A monk in Ratchaburi province has staged a one-man protest over the lack of out-of-temple trips and donations he has been offered over the past seven years. Get a job ya bum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickirs Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Phra Sap Abhitno needs to be more procative and follow Phra Issara's example. Get hired by the PDRC to lead protests, live in luxury hotels, own wats, have his own personal armed guards, etc. Maybe he could offer Suthep an "army" of monks as protesters for hire and spread the fortune to his fellow brethren. Can you imagine the PR impact of Chaeng Wattana Government Complex being occupied by 1,000 orange-clothed monks (the Orange Revolution!) - I'm sure Suthep would pay well for that, give each participating monk a daily meal allowance, a whistle, a tent, and a towel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripper15 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Few news items stop me in my tracks anymore but this did. Unf___ing believable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLHR Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 He's got to hook up with the NACC, CC and EC. Cost him some money but will get the job done. Poor monk don't know how to do business here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Bathism at it's best! Looks like nobody told him he is no longer a debt collector when he entered monk hood. Where are the guys protesting about the lack of Buddhism behind the temple walls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonawatchee Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 More unfolding effects from global warming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 It looks to me that this "Monk hood" thing is just some kind of a money making affair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 A lot, if not most, of the shop owners in that market are Chinese, and of traditional Chinese leaning (as in, would care more for Chinese ceremonies and temples) - maybe not the best place for him to lay his complaints. More likely he provided some short term entertainment before people got back to work. The "Get a proper job, then" would probably be a common silent sentiment. Still, quite bizarre, and for a foreigner even funny - got to ask the MiL if there was more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Well he has the perfect disguise now to go and rob a bank,and he won't even have to queue up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rorri Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Thaiisnotrequired, on 08 May 2014 - 23:29, said: axact, on 08 May 2014 - 23:11, said: The poor guy, he must feel really left out. I see quite a few monks staying at our $60 a night rooms. They usually have Ipads, Iphones and the latest digital cameras. Has Louis Vittion designed a monks robe yet as they already have the handbags ? Show me a religion that isnt full of hyprocrites. I thought I was trying to cope with Greek then, until I spotted your intentional mispelling, of course "Show me a religion that isnt full of hyprocrites", and I'll show you my nostra anus. Did you really mean 'hyprocites'? Or did you mean 'hypocrites'? If you did... please send a cover letter to Oxbride, they'll soon discover a new meaning adjacent to Poo's ass. Oh dear, another grammar/spell checker......... get a life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlycw Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 He got some good points. More than missing out on the cash bonanza, it's upsetting to be held back for so many years. Either he is a real monk - and can be part of the team. Or - what? If he's not ready to be ordained, why did they make him a monk? It's refreshign when someone speaks his mind. Lots of folks with a colourful past may have many faults, but many are honest and mean what they say and say what they mean. A rare and good quality IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhell Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Monks are are still human beeings and not perfect. I think it´s amazing when a criminal want to be a monk. We all suffer from the same mental illusions. (greed,hate,ignorance) Maybe a criminal wants to avoid prison or thinks monkhood is easy life. The role of the abbot is very important in this cases. They are like a doctor or therapist for the criminals. Buddha and Jesus had compassion for wrongdoers but understood why discipline is important. Every thief has a future. Every holy man has a past. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautifulthailand99 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 If one take's one western 21st century glasses off and replaces them with the miraculous (now with 500 years off) time machine glasses for use in Thailand it all makes a lot of sense.One day Thailand will have a reformation , one day but not now ! http://youtu.be/xqBAKptamUk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coma Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Get a real job like the rest of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wombat6 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Maybe he should spend some time studying Buddhism? Like Buddha said "All life is suffering. And suffering comes from attachments". Amazing Thailand I second that....as far as I know....Monks are not supposed to handle money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 he needs money to buy stuuuuuuuuufffffffffffffffffff people not already enough indoctrinated from birth, in schools, in buildings ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3NUMBAS Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 (edited) they only spend it on yaabaa and women ,so the public has become cautious rayban wearing monk nengham has set the route they want to follow with a roller and a private yet and homes around the world Edited May 9, 2014 by 3NUMBAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhell Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 How do you know? The original teachings of Buddha about liberation from all dogmas and believe systems. You will be surprised when you google: Kalama Sutra he needs money to buy stuuuuuuuuufffffffffffffffffff people not already enough indoctrinated from birth, in schools, in buildings ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiready Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 A joke of a so-called Monk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro01 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 So are these guys on a commission? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfarang1948 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 just urgh!! Great minds and all that. The exact sound I made after reading this. Very sad reflection of hows attitudes are changing here. Reminds me of some southern baptist preachers asking for greater tithes each week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovekorat Posted May 10, 2014 Share Posted May 10, 2014 He should go to the UK and become an MP there. Plenty of nice little expense earners to be made......Allegedly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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