Thread: Crooked Monks
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05-17-2002, 07:34 AM #1
Crooked Monks
In Thailand a novice Buddhist monk hooked on amphetamines has confessed to the rape and murder of a 23 year old British tourist, reports World Press Review.This crime,however,is just one in a series of scandals" that have plagued Buddhist clergymen recently."In addition to a rising number of criminal offenses,materialistic greed is corrupting Buddhism."In what way?"The selling of good-luck charms is a lucrative business for some monks,who travel in chauffeur-driven limos." As a result,the "people's faith in once-revered Buddhist clergy is being challenged." The magazine also notes that in an effort to curb "drug abuse" among monks,"monasteries have opened detox centers."
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05-17-2002, 10:21 AM #2Female Member
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I don't think there is any such thing as a religion that has no flawed members. Where there are humans, there are imperfections.
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"We can change the world when we change ourselves. And the energy of our consciousness, like the energy of all light, continues into the eternity. When there is light in the soul there will be beauty in the person. When there is beauty in the person there will be harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home there will order in the nation. When there is order in the nation there will be peace in the world."
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05-18-2002, 02:36 AM #3
Addicts become buddhists and paedophiles become Catholics... Ahhh, what a world!
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05-18-2002, 08:23 AM #4
all of us were born with a sin nature. We are all natural sinners. Its is a shame we put certain people on such high pedistals and get upset when they screw up once.
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05-18-2002, 08:40 AM #5
None of us were born as sinners when we are conceived and born we have no knowledge of evil.The only thing we are born with is our innocence.its society that corrupts us and our own minds
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05-18-2002, 09:26 AM #6Originally posted by Billy Boy
None of us were born as sinners when we are conceived and born we have no knowledge of evil.The only thing we are born with is our innocence.its society that corrupts us and our own minds
That is so true Billy Boy what a profound statement
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