webfact Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Activist abbot's temple under gun attackNAKHON PATHOM: -- Unknown number of gunmen sprayed shots from assault rifles at Wat Or-noi temple in Nakhon Pathom, but caused no injuries to lives.The temple is where the activist abbot Phra Buddha-issara resides.The abbot told police that unknown gunmen fired from the rear of the temple and caused several holes at a wall of the shelter where the abbot would perform Dhamma activities.The motive of the gun attack remained unknown but the abbot strongly opposed the naming of Somdet Chuang, abbot of Wat Paknam Phasicharoen as the country’s new supreme patriarch.The Department of Special Investigation will send a team of officials to question Somdet Chuang at the temple at 8 pm tonight over his occupation of the illegal Mercedes-Benz vintage car.Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/content/155360 -- Thai PBS 2016-03-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maeklong Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) DELETED Humor aside, he is one of the few monks that seem to have an unwavering standard of sticking up for the principles of right and wrong. This man has a lot of enemies among red shirts and a certain Buddhist sect that are aligned with the man in Dubai. I hope he manages to stay safe, Thai Buddhism needs more people like this. Edited March 17, 2016 by seedy Quote hidden post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 So now the monk factions are resorting to violence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LannaGuy Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 karma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTIRIOS Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 ......another great testimonial about this society...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilSA1 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 (edited) Humor aside, he is one of the few monks that seem to have an unwavering standard of sticking up for the principles of right and wrong. This man has a lot of enemies among red shirts and a certain Buddhist sect that are aligned with the man in Dubai. I hope he manages to stay safe, Thai Buddhism needs more people like this. I fully agree with what you said. There are plenty of examples of religious leaders taking political stances. . Edited March 17, 2016 by seedy Quote hidden post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilsonandson Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Buddha Issara escorts the police around the temple to show where the bullets hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compo Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Orange shirts? Dang! I love wearing orange shirts (cycling clothes or otherwise). Does this mean that in addition to not wearing yellow or red (I used to like red before......), it will become socially difficult to wear orange? Humor aside, he is one of the few monks that seem to have an unwavering standard of sticking up for the principles of right and wrong. This man has a lot of enemies among red shirts and a certain Buddhist sect that are aligned with the man in Dubai. I hope he manages to stay safe, Thai Buddhism needs more people like this. You are deliberately misleading, I hope. This guy's about as Buddhist as the Pope.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I would like to see that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Like I said in another thread - the religion is a reflection of society . it's all about power and wealth . Not much of the real Buddhism going on here. I guess we can look on the bright side in that while they are dodging bullets they will shed a few calories; obesity being such a problem at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangrak Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 are the reds back? Depends of their abilities, kind of a badge, the more violent and better shooting ones got the black ones, the foot soldiers and canon fodder the red ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangrak Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 karma A prayer for yours then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Nonsense posts and replies have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NongKhaiKid Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Several holes in the wall of a shelter ! Better set up a very large restoration fund. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Several holes in the wall of a shelter ! Better set up a very large restoration fund. You mean like knock it down and build a new one. aka, a new very expensive one 100 times fancier than the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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