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Elderly monk caught stealing donated money


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4 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:
5 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Seventy years old and still doesn't get what the Buddha advocated! Take only what is given!

It was given, it was donations????????

Now, my response would have been: "Yes, and he took only what was given." 

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5 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Seventy years old and still doesn't get what the Buddha advocated! Take only what is given!

How did the message possibly get lost I wonder..  Certainly wouldn't be environmental factors.. 

 

 

 

  

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Well well, a monk helping himself to temple money.

All monks are supposed to be 100% honest:cheesy::cheesy:

Maybe he was just taking the money to help him buy a Louie Vitton bag, and a pair of Ray Bans.????

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So, why not personally and publicly ridicule/vilify the poor old man. Yes he has done the wrong thing and should be excommunicated but not in the way that has been done for only approximately $100 Australian.

 

Where is the karma in the above approach????????‍♂️????????????

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19 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Goodness sake, surely they could have sheltered him until he was able to return home after restrictions lifted.

I don't think this had anything to do with restrictions, he was given shelter but chose to steal the money to get back where he came from.

Wrong choice.

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Because of the mans age, I think they were wrong in this punishment.  There are rules the temples are supposed to follow.  De-frocking is not the one for this incident.  The temples appear to use the de-frocking excuse way too easy these days.  A theft of 2000 baht, approx. 60 bucks US is laughable.  The police should never have been notified or if they had, sent the old man back to his own temple via police escort.  

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2 hours ago, khaowong1 said:

Because of the mans age, I think they were wrong in this punishment.  There are rules the temples are supposed to follow.  De-frocking is not the one for this incident.  The temples appear to use the de-frocking excuse way too easy these days.  A theft of 2000 baht, approx. 60 bucks US is laughable.  The police should never have been notified or if they had, sent the old man back to his own temple via police escort.  

I guess you never lived in Thailand

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14 hours ago, Vigilante said:

I sympathize with the old codger.

Would offer the 2k to the wat if I was living nearer and agreed to drop the case

The monk's act is obviously inexcusable but I think the punishment is out of proportion

 

I agree. 

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