The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Buddhist monks in Cambodia will be banned from taking part in a water festival this month to prevent undignified behaviour such as mingling with scantily clad women and seeing couples kissing, the country's chief monk said Wednesday.
During the Nov. 20-22 Boat Racing Festival monks will be required to stay in their pagodas and watch the event on TV, said 85-year-old chief patriarch Non Gneth.
"For a monk to walk freely with crowds of ordinary people during the water festival violates the rules of the Lord Buddha," the patriarch said.
"If the monks walk freely, they will see women wearing sexy clothes or see people kissing. This violates their discipline," he said. He added some younger monks carried mobile phones equipped with cameras at last year's festival and took pictures of people dancing, drinking alcohol and kissing — all of which are not allowed, including the possession of cellphones.
Monks are supposed to adhere to a code of Buddhist precepts that include celibacy and not touching or being alone with women, not drinking alcohol and leading a contemplative lifestyle without material possessions.
A committee has been created to curb bad behaviour among monks and if any are seen mingling at the festival they will be reprimanded and sent for a re-education class before being returned to their temples, Non Gneth said.
Authorities estimate upward of 2 million people could descend on the capital, Phnom Penh, for the annual boat festival, also known as the water festival, which takes place at the end of the rainy season along the Tonle Sap River.
Some 400 wooden boats will compete in rowing contests that are part of a carnival-like atmosphere that also includes evening concerts, fireworks and late-night partying.
About 85 per cent of Cambodia's 14 million people are Buddhist. The country has 4,000 Buddhist temples and more than 50,000 monks.
10 comments:
LONG LIVE VIET NAM...
KINGDOM OF CAMBODIA
Province of Viet Nam
Nation Religion KING..
1. You idiot khmer have no nation it is all belong to vietnam now.. we run your country and our brothers and sisters are all over your country and in every level of government.
2. You have no religion becuase look at you even your own country to betrayed look at Hun SEn- CPPP we control thme -- how can they have religion becuase soon will be vietnam province
3. KING what KING-- he can not beg us to keep him there-- so he have to bring his mother which she work for our interested with hun sen and cpp.. then his father to beg us for keep him...
what a loser race. you all should dies and wishes you will never born.. better born as vietnamese you might be a little smarter and maybe love your own kind ans country better..
LONG LIVE VIET NAM.
more money from china is good for our vietnamese brothers and sisters
that hold every level of officials in cambodia that control cambodia.. will use this money to further control cambodia... it is us that the king of cambodia to to beg us the viet nam to keep him there.. good work hun sen-cpp.now we have more money from china
I agree with that ( more money from china is good for Viet.)that is a future will be.
Long Live Vietnam is pretty ignorant.
There is only one human race but different people groups. Come down to it- there are only two people groups, Jews & Gentiles. It is the plan of God to bring these people groups as ONE in Yeshua, the Messiah.
I'm Khmer by ethnic but I'm grafted into Israel, therefore I'm part of Israel. Jesus, King of the Jews will rule over this earth forever. Satan's power will be destroy forever and Yeshua will rule Supreme.
Long Live King of Israel!!!
A bunch of BRAIN-WASHED Loonies in this blog. You u can say the f*ck you want cuz we all know you've been smokin too much crack.hahahhaha
As for the VIETCONG! He can go fuck himself.ooopse he'd already did. Now, it's your mama turn. ENJOY!!!!
Good law! There's going to be some sad monks out there.lol
This should have been had since so far
Hanoi killed Moslems and took Champa.
Hanoi killed Khmers Krom and has controlled.
That is Viet’s nature as thieves and crocodiles.
That is Viet’s nature as thieves and crocodiles.
Down Vietnamese expansionism!
Vietnam will be wiped out by hurricane!
by Volcano!
by earthquake!
by tsunami!
and by….!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
All Moslems wake up then be united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!
All Moslems wake up then be united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!!
All Moslems wake up then be united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out from the map!!
All Moslems wake up then be united to take CHAMPA back!
Vietnam will be wiped out by hurricane! by Volcano!
by earthquake! by tsunami waves ! and by….
LONG LIVE CHAMPA !
LONG LIVE KHMER EMPIRE !
LONG LIVE CHAMPA!
LONG LIVE KHMER EMPIRE!
5:11pm He is crying because he is jealous of Cambodian aid from China. Let he cry until he dies and goes to hell
Monks are lazy people! they don't want to work? just want to escape from poverty..? free foods! money! don't have to pay all utilities..keep all the money they collected..?
Sao Khon monk in lowell, Ma
you are just right, monks must do some works at the temple where they are living, landscaping, cleanning, cooking, but they let the nun do it instead. they should look at the example of monk in tibet, they are strugling for their living. khmer monk just ignore the hard rule by pretending they live in the temple and study, but i found out some have internet allow them to surf whatever without someone monotoring them what they are about.
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