Drunk Monk Disrobed For Public Tantrum

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter -

 

Ni-orn Saenmuangchin, 51, sits Monday inside Udon Thani Police Station after he caused commotion at the provincial bus terminal.

 

UDON THANI — A monk was disrobed Monday after he got drunk on moonshine and yelled at a number of farangs waiting at a bus station.

 

Ni-orn Saenmuangchin, from a forest temple in Udon Thani province, was pacing around the provincial bus terminal yelling at seated foreigners when police and military officers approached to see what was wrong.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/calamity/2016/11/14/drunk-monk-disrobed-public-tantrum/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2016-11-15

 

3 minutes ago, webfact said:

A monk was disrobed Monday after he got drunk on moonshine and yelled at a number of farangs waiting at a bus station.

 

Disrobed and fined with 500 Baht and transferred in secret to another temple,..... wanna bet?

Desk duty at a temple's toilets? 

Time for a new tv programme called monks behaving badly.

Just like the American on !! men behaving badly !!

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

Time for a new tv programme called monks behaving badly.

Just like the American on !! men behaving badly !!

Men Behaving Badly was an English TV series.

Shouting at 'farangs'?

 

Oh, yea. I remember - in Buddhism it says 'you shall not hurt of kill any Thai living thing' Farangs are fair game.

Bring back hanging. 

Perhaps those farangs mistook his preaching as yelling?

 

The moonshine was actually holy water...

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He would return to the monkhood again and again after drinking. This cycle happened three to four times.

 

Seems genuinely interested in being a monk.

Seems like everyday there's another Monk,in trouble,

giving Buddhism a bad name,they need to vet people

and just choose the ones that really have a calling,

and not just someone looking for a place to live.

regards worgeordie

GOOD!

If these are the secret thoughts of a Monk - what do the ordinary people really think about us?

TIT

Well at least something happened.  Obviously a lot more needs to be done.

 

Faith is made by God, religions are made by human.

6 hours ago, MaxLee said:

 

Disrobed and fined with 500 Baht and transferred in secret to another temple,..... wanna bet?

 

Did you read the story? I thought not. He's a habitual offender.

3 hours ago, Sphere said:

 

Seems genuinely interested in being a monk.

 

And seems that the monkhood is very forgiving so we'll see the same story again in a few weeks.

5 hours ago, colinneil said:

Time for a new tv programme called monks behaving badly.

Just like the American on !! men behaving badly !!

Nice thought but the government would not allow this. When I read the article of disrobing I thought for a milli second that meant getting naked. How silly. 

I like the sign next to him "Alcohol Free Zone"............ Unless you are a monk

3 minutes ago, elgordo38 said:

Nice thought but the government would not allow this. When I read the article of disrobing I thought for a milli second that meant getting naked. How silly. 

You were quite right. Disrobing means undressing possibly to a nude state.

Defrocking means depriving the monk of his ecclesiastical status.   http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/defrock

3 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Seems like everyday there's another Monk,in trouble,

giving Buddhism a bad name,they need to vet people

and just choose the ones that really have a calling,

and not just someone looking for a place to live.

regards worgeordie

 

Got to wonder if it was different in the past, or just more media coverage today.

Heard conflicting views on this from Thais.

3 minutes ago, ratcatcher said:

You were quite right. Disrobing means undressing possibly to a nude state.

Defrocking means depriving the monk of his ecclesiastical status.   http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/defrock

Thanks for the interpretation. I think this punishment should go a little further like joining Alcoholics Anonymous. Repent brother repent

a lotta dudes that you see in monk's robes are simply guys making merit...there ain't nothin' holy about them...and they drink and fight and get into trouble like everybody else...I quit wai-ing monks years ago...

 

'saaaay, dude! nice robes!...yer lookin' good!...'

 

 

8 hours ago, MaxLee said:

 

Disrobed and fined with 500 Baht and transferred in secret to another temple,..... wanna bet?

Oh my, bet? In Thailand? A big no no. ( what odds are you giving )?

4 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Seems like everyday there's another Monk,in trouble,

giving Buddhism a bad name,they need to vet people

and just choose the ones that really have a calling,

and not just someone looking for a place to live.

regards worgeordie

They do vet them.

Qualifications, Kill someone , rape and many other heinous crimes say sorry enter the temple for a while and all is fine again

midas

If you dont know the answer to that by now,you never will.It's pretty bleeding obvious what they think of us i would have thought.

5 hours ago, midas said:

If these are the secret thoughts of a Monk - what do the ordinary people really think about us?

Don't ask

This man needs to visit the monk with the magic cloth

Maybe he can supply a cloak of invisibility  

Then he can drink and yell all he likes 

mistook the headline for "drunk monk disrobed at bus station and police re-robe him"

4 hours ago, Honthy said:

Faith is made by God, religions are made by human.

The question is .. Which God ?