Monk arrested on charges of assault and drug possession in Chon Buri

[Thaiger]

Police in Chon Buri arrested a Buddhist monk and seized a small amount of crystal methamphetamine after the monk allegedly slapped a woman in the face during a heated argument.  The 32 year old monk was taken back to the temple following the arrest and the abbot defrocked him. He was then taken to the Samet police station and charged with assault and drug possession. Police received a call for a domestic disturbance and found the monk arguing with a woman in a room rented in the Samet area. Officers searched the room and found a gram of crystal methamphetamine […]

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[Jafagreg]

Unfortunately, many Monks in Thailand are short ordination Monks. This is often done, in reality twice in their lives, once as a Samenara then later in life as a Bhikku. Unfortunately these guys have no real intentions of remaining in the Monk hood and even less intention of keeping their vows. This is a shame as it often brings comments putting down all the good Monks who exist in many places in Thailand. 

[TobyAndrews]

That is one monk that will not reach nirvana. Still he could have been worse. He could have been caught in a room with little boys.

It seems every week that another monk is caught at misconduct.

[King Cotton]

26 minutes ago, Jafagreg said:

Unfortunately, many Monks in Thailand are short ordination Monks. This is often done, in reality twice in their lives, once as a Samenara then later in life as a Bhikku. Unfortunately these guys have no real intentions of remaining in the Monk hood and even less intention of keeping their vows. This is a shame as it often brings comments putting down all the good Monks who exist in many places in Thailand. 

Interesting detail re the monkhood and an excellent debut post, too . . . thanks for that!

 

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[Bluesofa]

Caught with a woman. He must have been having an off day, unless he was doing it for a bet?

[billybob]

As the Thai abbott of my Thai temple in London likes to say "you need to be very careful when choosing a temple in Thailand". Very easy to spot the good temples and monks though - they are both clean and don't pander for money. At a rough guess that's probably about 15% of the total !

[TobyAndrews]

9 hours ago, Mike-Hunt said:

Caught with a woman. He must have been having an off day, unless he was doing it for a bet?

He could say that to the judge but then he will be charged with gambling.