Thai monk upgrades to millionaire by winning THB6 million from lottery

[Mook23]

Cannot! Monk.  Him good.  Teak tree no good!  Teak tree,  him have evil suhpirit.  Inside! Monk.  Him victim. Farang no undahsuhtand!! Farang him think only money.  Thai people happy. Inside! 

[mankondang]

Seems a lot of posts are again judging and comparing Buddhism with their, no doubt well read Old Testimony of the Bible, Jewish/Christian/Muslim indoctrination, or mear imaginations. Maybe even having visions of Charlton Heston holding the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments in one hand and a rifle in the other. Buddhist monks are not Catholic monks. From what I gather he has done little wrong relative to HIS faith, especially if he uses the money as per his quote.

But when ignorance is bliss, you'd be folly to be wise.

Edited September 3, 2016 by mankondang

[Puccini]

On 02/09/2016 at 1:28 PM, rkidlad said:

Like most religious people I wish he'd read what his religion was all about...

 

Do I understand correctly that you are a religious person?

[Puccini]

Until I read the now defunct Thai constitution of Thailand of 2007 I always thought that Buddhism was a philosophy, not  a religion. I guess it is easier to make money with a religion than with a philosophy.

 

Quote

 

Section 79. The State shall patronise and protect Buddhism as the religion observed by most Thais for a long period of time...

 

 

[Winniedapu]

5 hours ago, Mook23 said:

 

Winnie

29 minutes ago, Puccini said:

Until I read the now defunct Thai constitution of Thailand of 2007 I always thought that Buddhism was a philosophy, not  a religion. I guess it is easier to make money with a religion than with a philosophy.

 

 

 

Agree. Buddhism is not  religion, or shouldn't be, in fact Buddha himself cautioned not to worship him. Thai (Theeravada) Buddhism is a mish-mash of Buddhism, Hinduism and traces of Zoroastrianism (now Sunni Islam). A convenient and so typically Thai buggers muddle, though all religions have some things in common. Being largely mythological and syncretic is one of them.

 

Still, someimes opium for the masses has a purpose, and through it, the feudal barons of Thailand can channel their instructions for the dim and superstitious people. For a price of course, just ask the Sangha what privileges providing that channel has provided them with over time.

 

Winnie

Edited September 3, 2016 by Winniedapu

[ableguy]

What a crock of BS, never did have any faith or trust in the men in orange, not all scam artists but most seem to be materialistic minded, never yet met one who I would trust with my daughter.

[Odin Norway]

25 minutes ago, ableguy said:

What a crock of BS, never did have any faith or trust in the men in orange, not all scam artists but most seem to be materialistic minded, never yet met one who I would trust with my daughter.

A fathers trust is imposible to get anyway.At least in this part of the world where lies is a everyday thing.

[moe666]

well, we have the usual crowd pointing fingers. Give it a break boys I am sure you lead a perfect life

[moe666]

On ‎9‎/‎2‎/‎2016 at 11:48 PM, sahibji said:

should some relaxation be accepted as long as they are serving in the house of God.

They are Buddhist or suppose to be no God

[chowny77]

It's all smoke and mirrors in the land of smiles. What you see and what is true is very far from the truth. To stay in Thailand you have to just be blind and let them play their games because as soon as you pull them up on their BS they soon start trying to find ways to pull the farang not understand out culture <deleted>

[nausea]

The religeon in Thailand is not Buddhist, it's a mixture of ancestor worship and animism, and god knows what else. The Buddhism tag is just convenient.