The owner of beer-bar in Pattaya notified the police to inspect four Cambodian Buddhist monks who were asking for money from tourists at three AM near beer-bar in Pattaya Soi 1, second Pattaya road.
November 08, 2011
Pattaya Daily News
Pattaya (November 7, 2011)[PDN] The owner of a beer-bar in Pattaya Soi 1, Second Pattaya Road, Amphur Banglamung, Chonburi province notified Pattaya police to inspect four suspicious Buddhist monks who behaved inappropriately carrying their alms bowls and asking for money from tourist and locals. The beer-bar owner invited the monks to meet the police to have their certificates examined.
The police found that the four monks were bona fide Cambodian Buddhist monks carrying valid permits. Each monk spoke Thai. They explained that they had travelled from Cambodia and were staying, resting at Jittapawan Buddhist temple in Banglamung.
The owner of the beer-bar said that he saw the group of monks, more than ten monks carrying their alms bowl at 03.00-04.00 hrs every night.
The beer-bar owner said the monks received only cash not food which is inappropriate according to the Buddhist religion. Offering food is one of the oldest and most common rituals of Buddhism. Food is given to monks during their alms rounds. Offering food is a meritorious act that also reminds us not to be greedy or selfish. The alms are offered early in the morning – not in the night.
In this case people thought these monks were monks trying to gain revenue, money and so destroying the good image of Buddhism.
The police invited the four monks to Pattaya police station for temporary, ‘detainment’ in order to wait for the sunrise and allow them carry their alms bowls accordingly.
The monks were carefully instructed that monks make their alms rounds only in the morning and not at night. And receiving money in the alms bowl is strictly prohibited according to the Buddhist religion.
The Khmer monks agreed to co-operate with the police.
8 comments:
These guys need to find a job to make honest living.
This is such a big shame.
11:25 AM
You are an idiot! Monks are the backbone of our religion, they are the student of Buddha. They rely on the kindness of others. It is a sad fact, that our monks are now scavenging for food at 3am.
This is their way of life, the government needs to take responsibility of their failure to protect the country's religions, and stop defrocking, jail imprisonment and even exiling monks out of the temples and out of the country.
Hun Sen doesn't have a drop of goodness in his heart, only filled with evil, hatred, greed and power.
Decho Hun Sen, Mr Sam Rainsy asked you to sue him at a French court about your murders of the Khmer people. Why don't you dare to do it as you have done at the Cambodian court?
Being a strong man as well as a Prime Minister of one country, you should not be coward to face the real justice at a French court or International court. Unless, you are the real murderer in Cambodia that is the reason why you fear Mr Sam Rainsy at a real and fair justice court.
Decho Hun Sen, you rubbed the Cambodian people's well being, health care, dignity and sell Cambodia out to Vietnam in a cheap price as long as you can stay in power. Isn't that true, Samdach Decho Hun Sen?
How many Cambodian people's lives have you killed in your lifetime so far? Can you be honest to tell the truth?
As one Prime Minister of one country, you job is to bully your own people for just talking about Paris Peace agreement 1991 and about Vietnam's encroachments into Cambodia's territory. Why?
Samdach Decho Hun Sen, Why are you so scared of the truth? Why are you so scared of Mr Sam Rainsy when he asked you to sue him at a French court? You are a strong man as you claimed on the TV screen?
Samdach Decho Hun Sen, you shouldn't be scared of Mr Sam Rainsy because Mr Sam Rainsy has no weapon of mass destruction as you do. You are the murderer; you must be strong to face Mr Sam Rainsy at a French court as Mr Sam Rainsy has invited you to do so.
Samdach Decho billion dollars Hun Sen, Please face Mr Sam Rainsy as Mr Sam Rainsy has invited you through the world media. You used to win on Mr Sam Rainsy many times in a Cambodian court of justice. There is no reason why you should be worred about...if you have never killed anyone in Cambodia. Isn’t it true, Decho Sen?
The Cambodian people hope to see Samdach Decho Hun Sen has the gut as a leader or a man to sue Mr Sam Rainsy at a French court as Mr Sam Rainsy has invited Samdach Decho many times through Radio and world media.
Be a man Decho Sen! One in your life be a man Decho Sen! Be a man to face Mr Sam Rainsy at France court and international court.
We are personal bodyguards of Samdach Decho would like to see Decho Hun Sen be a man with Mr Sam Rainsy at a French Court. Otherwise, Samdach Decho is not worthy to protect because why do we have to die for protecting a traitor, a murderer, a blood sucker. Isn’t it true, Samdach Decho Hun Sen? Do you agree with that?
These cockroaches are 100% useless.
Send them for a good job to earn their money!
Religion is the drug of the poor, remember Karl Marx!
I would not beg; but I rather work part-time for money. These damn useless monks are too damn lazy and stupid. They are just simply gave a negative picture our buddha. And they aren't the backbone of our religion. the backbone of our country are education and WORK!!!!
is this siem's set up? i don't know! it sounds like someone is trying to make khmer people look bad here! shame on them!
1:17pm,KARL MARK,MY ASS U IDIOT!,THERE HAS NO MORE THAT JERK GUYS NAMED FUCKING KARL MARK AND FUCKING LENIN MORON COMMUNIST,,,!OKAY..!...SHUT YOUR SHIT HORSE MOUTH UP!.BUDHHIST MONKS,IS PART OF BUDDHISM WHO PEOPLES AROUND ASIAN COUNTRIES BELIEVE IN BUDDHHA...U GOT IT?,SILLY BOY...!.
Our purely Buddhist religion is slowly destroyed by the Buddhist monks themselves. I think because the the careless of the leading Govt and the monk's leadership are very weak to strictly control these stupid monks.
Soon future our Buddhist religion will be disappeared from the world due to the lack of restriction of control on them and most of the current monks just think about the money only. Some of them are using the religion as their personal business only not came from their pure heart.
Why this situation is happening to our monks? I think the main problem because of the leader of the country. As you see Our country can survive nowadays because of his begging from the other countries beside robbing their own people, sucking blood, and selling the country to Vietnam. So these monks is learning from their leader.
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