News Forum - Debate over treatment of revered monk’s remains in Thai temple

[Thaiger]

Should a revered monk’s remains be accessible to their disciples, even allowing them to physically touch the relics? Following an unsettling incident at a prominent temple in Nakhon Pathom province, online public debate has sparked regarding the appropriateness. The controversial event happened while followers were changing the cloth covering a mummified monk, who had left … …

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 Tripitaka. (Buddhist bible)

Big holy day for monks at the temple the other day,

Head monk read from the Tripitaka for 25 minutes.

Finished with a request for donations to pay the PEA bill at the temple.

Then told everyone he won 80,000 baht on the lottery.

Go figure.