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

[Bankei]

Joanna

Who says you do not get merit by offering Alms to Mae Chi?

(and not every monastery has Mae Chi)

Bankei


On 22/06/06, jkirk <jkirk at spro.net> wrote:
>
> Oh my--------and let it be noted, one gains no merit by offering the alms
> food to the mae chi (quasi nuns in every monastery).
> Joanna
> ==========
> 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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