[Buddha-l] Soccer mad monks too tired to take alms

[Michael J. Wilson]

This news story reminded me of the Tibetan produced and directed  movie "The Cup", which is a real charmer to watch if you are both a  soccer fan and a buddhist fan or monk.  MJWilson
  
  
  
  BANGKOK (Reuters) - Buddhist monks in Thailand are too tired to receive early   morning alms because they are staying up late to watch the World Cup, a Thai   newspaper reported on Wednesday.
    The Nation quoted a woman in the northern city of Chiang Mai who said her   birthday celebrations were ruined because monks at a city temple were not awake   to receive her morning offering, a mandatory religious ritual in the   predominately Buddhist country.
    The woman, who declined to be identified, said she was told by a senior monk   that most of his young colleagues were still asleep because they had stayed up   to watch the games which can go on well past midnight.
    The Sangha Council, which oversees the tens of thousands of Buddhist temples   in Thailand, has not banned monks from watching the World Cup but said it should   not interfere with religious activities.
        
  Chiang Mai chief monk Phra Thep Wisuthikhun said he had received complaints   about "inappropriate behavior" at seven temples in the province. "It is the duty   of the abbot of each temple to supervise the behavior of young monks, making   sure that their religious activities will not be affected by the games," he told   Reuters.
    In neighboring Cambodia, some 40,000 monks have been warned they could be   defrocked if they became too excited while watching the games.
    "If they make noise or cheer as they watch, they will lose their monkhood,"   Phnom Penh patriarch Non Nget told Reuters this month.
  
 			
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