webfact Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Monk flips off man who refuses to make donation to BuddhismBy Coconuts BangkokA photo of a monk and his middle finger went viral this week. Photo: Chaiyuti JanrakongtongCHIANG MAI: -- This monk did not take it well when a Chiang Mai man refused to give him a donation.Photos of a mad monk giving a non-devotee the middle finger after his request for a THB100 donation was rejected went viral this week, ending another year of scandalous Buddhism business in Thailand.The group of monks in the photo were said to be walking around and asking for donations by a shopping mall in Chiang Mai.“I don’t know what they were trying to do, but they asked me for THB100. I looked at their desperate faces and didn’t say anything,” Facebook user Chayuti Janrakongtong wrote.Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/12/30/monk-flips-man-who-refuses-make-donation-buddhism-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-12-30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clockman Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Remember, they just men in orange robes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOC Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 I will give him the benefit of the doubt. He just said: "Bless your backside, my son" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoyai Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Isn't that a sacred mudra sign he is throwing up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55Jay Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Well done Mr. Chayuti. It must be a hard to think and act outside the normal Thai paradigm. Wai, bow, scrape, get on your knees, spit out money and food, no eye contact. Pffft. Bloody nonsense. This religion krap has gone too far and is as corrupt as any other man-made power and control mechanism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Fundamentally, I don't see much wrong with Buddhism. What I do see is wrong is the Thai mis-application of Buddhism. It is hard to escape the accusation of "They are just men in saffron robes" when Thais can go and be a monk for a month - and then revert to self after leaving the wat. Very often the reasons for becoming a monk are flawed and done under family pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggsy Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 He must have been quick on the draw to get that photo. Or more likely the finger was a response to the photo taking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Buddhism is a business selling hope and lucky numbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Priceless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee b Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Maybe because he wanted the cash for himself, not the religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubby johnson Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 So the monk's donation scam didn't work on one alert citizen. He should stick to selling winning lottery numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLee Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Buddhism is a business selling hope and lucky numbers a not so clean business indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioc Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 He must have been quick on the draw to get that photo. Or more likely the finger was a response to the photo taking. so?... monks shouldn't forgive? be compassionate?or understanding? That act was just rude and impolite, no matter what. Of course it's just my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhizBang Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Ahhh, a true show of Thai Buddhism, at last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hgma Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Check his back grounds!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nongai Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Real monks are not allowed to ask for anything, let alone money... I reckon these were fake monks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse123 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Genuine and sincere monks do not as a rule walk around asking for money. As another poster has said they can become a monk for a month, usually a ' get out of jail free card ' after committing some heinous crime. I have only ever been approached in Thailand once by monks for money around 5.30am when I was buying some early morning BBQ, they were from outside the district and asked for 100 baht for food, which I gave.I was caught off guard by them asking. That's the only time in 20 plus years I have been asked. I have been approached many times by scam monks in Siem Reap and Phnom Penn but I was told by the local Cambodians that those guys were neither monks nor Cambodian, they were Chinese scam artists. When I asked why they were not arrested I ewas told they paid local law enforcement weekly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lungmi Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Fake monks. Gangsters in the yellow robe . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Fake monks. Gangsters in the yellow robe . Well, the country is reknowned for fakes and scams. Anyway, monks have been cruising the streets and markets for years seeking cash donations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phitsanulokjohn Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 A donation should be a gift from a kindhearted person,not an expectation from the would be recipient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Organized Beggars......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MockingJay Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Welcome to yet another episode of "Discover Thainess!" Let's hope there will be a public defrocking ceremony be held in public where anyone is allowed to spit on that rotten apple... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sendintheclowns Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 More of this, please. Myanmar workers I know have told me many times ( over 20 years) that Thais don't follow the true path of Buddhism, no matter how well intentioned. Now I understand that remark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soalbundy Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 That gesture can get you shot here but since he is a monk i will give him the benefit of the doubt, he was saying one hundred, just one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasset Tak Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 The problem is that there are many times people dressed as monks or monks from somewhere far far away coming to beg for money. We had a bunch of monks that came from Bangkok to beg for money... I stay in Sukothai 4-500 km from Bangkok. I can give money but I only give to a temple that is nearby or that I visit frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclueng Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 One bad monk is news. Thousands of good monks is nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttthailand Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Maybe what he really means is that you are number 1 in his book .... Or he wants to have sex with you .... Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyphodb Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Buddhism is a business selling hope and lucky numbers Thai Buddhism certainly, Its not a religion in the first place, its a philosophy, as the Buddha would be the first to say were he to be given the opportunity.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttthailand Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 My past gf's brother was a real scumbag and became a monk... So I should respect him??? Not a chance !!! Later he dropped out of monk hood and returned to being the same POS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttthailand Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 One bad monk is news. Thousands of good monks is nothing. "you are only as good as your last job" this saying goes for many things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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