Phra Phayom offers an apology to Phra Dhammachayo for his mistaken allegations



BANGKOK: -- Wat Suan Kaew’s abbot, Phra Phayom Kalayano, has made an apology for his mistaken allegations against Phra Dhammachayo, the embattled abbot of Wat Dhammakaya.

In his message posted in the Loke Wannee (Today’s World) website, the outspoken monk admitted that he himself was shocked when he went through an exclusive interview he gave to a newspaper. He said he asked himself was he that aggressive?

He said that after the publication of his controversial interview which prompted Wat Dhammakaya to file defamation charge against him, several media outlets asked him for interviews which made him wonder what he told the media was misreported or not and whether he got the right facts about Phra Dhammachayo’s allegations against Phra Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, the late abbot of Wat Suan Moke in Surat Thani and Luangpu Mun.

Phra Phayom said he ordered his aides to check previous video clips and press clippings to find out whether Phra Dhammachayo had ever made any insulting remarks against the two late monks.

His aides came up empty-handed, said the abbot, adding that as a “gentleman” he agreed to apologise to Phra Dhammachayo for his misunderstanding.

But he said that, as a matter of principle, he disagreed with people making merits by giving up all their money or assets to temples until they are broke, not just to Wat Dhammakaya but also to the other temples.

He also offered a piece of advice for somebody who may hate somebody so much that there is no room left for them to reconcile or love each other afterward.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/166740-2/


-- Thai PBS 2016-06-10

Sounds like a deal may have been done.....

He simply forgot that telling the truth is against the law here. Especially when the other person has deep pockets and powerful friends.

If they were bishops, they'd be kissing each others ring.

this is Buddhism?

It's amazing what a money transfer will do.

Since almost anything can, and does, happen here maybe someone warned him he could possibly be taking on the next Supreme Patriarch.

He simply forgot that telling the truth is against the law here. Especially when the other person has deep pockets and powerful friends.

Stinks more and more like a lot of people getting carried away with themselves in the limelight, but when it comes to substantiating what they mouthed off with, it's time for humble retraction.

It's said often on this forum that nothing and no one here is truly independent and with all that's goes on within Buddhism it's exactly the same as monks are closely involved with politics, politicians and activities that don't fit in with what they're supposed to be.

Monks who are supposed to be detached and above it all are in fact involved in it up to their armpits and ' it ' seems to be everything except being a true monk.

...sudden 'enlightenment'....

...while the other accused...and his cronies are free to roam about.....and 'do as deemed necessary'...???

....expect nothing to come of another clear case of corruption which is now 'fading away'...???

...wow....

this is Buddhism?

buddy-ism

So he's fit enough to file a defamation case but not to speak to the dsi

Edited June 10, 201610 yr by whatproblem

Buddhadasa Bhikkhu is pretty famous for his outspoken remarks about abbots who lived in affluent temples. Here's what he said about them. He traveled to the capital, Bangkok, for doctrinal training but found the wats there dirty, crowded, and, most troubling to him, the sangha corrupt, "preoccupied with prestige, position, and comfort with little interest in the highest ideals of Buddhism."