Monk flips off man who refuses to make donation to Buddhism
By Coconuts Bangkok


A photo of a monk and his middle finger went viral this week. Photo: Chaiyuti Janrakongtong

CHIANG MAI: -- This monk did not take it well when a Chiang Mai man refused to give him a donation.

Photos of a mad monk giving a non-devotee the middle finger after his request for a THB100 donation was rejected went viral this week, ending another year of scandalous Buddhism business in Thailand.

The group of monks in the photo were said to be walking around and asking for donations by a shopping mall in Chiang Mai.

“I don’t know what they were trying to do, but they asked me for THB100. I looked at their desperate faces and didn’t say anything,” Facebook user Chayuti Janrakongtong wrote.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/12/30/monk-flips-man-who-refuses-make-donation-buddhism


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-12-30

Remember, they just men in orange robes!

I will give him the benefit of the doubt.

He just said: "Bless your backside, my son"

Isn't that a sacred mudra sign he is throwing up there?

Well done Mr. Chayuti. It must be a hard to think and act outside the normal Thai paradigm. Wai, bow, scrape, get on your knees, spit out money and food, no eye contact. Pffft. Bloody nonsense.

This religion krap has gone too far and is as corrupt as any other man-made power and control mechanism.

Fundamentally, I don't see much wrong with Buddhism.

What I do see is wrong is the Thai mis-application of Buddhism.

It is hard to escape the accusation of "They are just men in saffron robes" when Thais can go and be a monk for a month - and then revert to self after leaving the wat. Very often the reasons for becoming a monk are flawed and done under family pressure.

He must have been quick on the draw to get that photo.

Or more likely the finger was a response to the photo taking.

Buddhism is a business selling hope and lucky numbers

Priceless.

Maybe because he wanted the cash for himself, not the religion.

So the monk's donation scam didn't work on one alert citizen.

He should stick to selling winning lottery numbers.

Buddhism is a business selling hope and lucky numbers

a not so clean business indeed

He must have been quick on the draw to get that photo.

Or more likely the finger was a response to the photo taking.

so?... monks shouldn't forgive? be compassionate?or understanding?

That act was just rude and impolite, no matter what.

Of course it's just my opinion.

Ahhh, a true show of Thai Buddhism, at last.

Check his back grounds!!

Real monks are not allowed to ask for anything, let alone money... I reckon these were fake monks.

Genuine and sincere monks do not as a rule walk around asking for money.

As another poster has said they can become a monk for a month, usually a ' get out of jail free card ' after committing some heinous crime.

I have only ever been approached in Thailand once by monks for money around 5.30am when I was buying some early morning BBQ, they were from outside the district and asked for 100 baht for food, which I gave.I was caught off guard by them asking. That's the only time in 20 plus years I have been asked.

I have been approached many times by scam monks in Siem Reap and Phnom Penn but I was told by the local Cambodians that those guys were neither monks nor Cambodian, they were Chinese scam artists. When I asked why they were not arrested I ewas told they paid local law enforcement weekly.

Fake monks. Gangsters in the yellow robe .

Fake monks. Gangsters in the yellow robe .

Well, the country is reknowned for fakes and scams. Anyway, monks have been cruising the streets and markets for years seeking cash donations.

A donation should be a gift from a kindhearted person,not an expectation from the would be recipient.

Organized Beggars.........

Welcome to yet another episode of "Discover Thainess!"

Let's hope there will be a public defrocking ceremony be held in public where anyone is allowed to spit on that rotten apple...

More of this, please. Myanmar workers I know have told me many times ( over 20 years) that Thais don't follow the true path of Buddhism, no matter how well intentioned. Now I understand that remark.

That gesture can get you shot here but since he is a monk i will give him the benefit of the doubt, he was saying one hundred, just one!!

The problem is that there are many times people dressed as monks or monks from somewhere far far away coming to beg for money. We had a bunch of monks that came from Bangkok to beg for money... I stay in Sukothai 4-500 km from Bangkok.

I can give money but I only give to a temple that is nearby or that I visit frequently.

One bad monk is news. Thousands of good monks is nothing.

Maybe what he really means is that you are number 1 in his book .... Or he wants to have sex with you .... Wow

Buddhism is a business selling hope and lucky numbers

Thai Buddhism certainly,

Its not a religion in the first place, its a philosophy, as the Buddha would be the first to say were he to be given the opportunity....

My past gf's brother was a real scumbag and became a monk... So I should respect him??? Not a chance !!! Later he dropped out of monk hood and returned to being the same POS.

One bad monk is news. Thousands of good monks is nothing.

"you are only as good as your last job" this saying goes for many things