[Buddha-l] Yogi with a cell phone

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

jkirk schreef:
> Amused by this account, I wondered if Buddhist monks in Thailand are allowed 
> to have cell phones. Anybody know? I feel pretty sure they are allowed them 
> in China, land of hi-tech and rage for gadgetry.
> Joanna
>   
Last year and the year before I saw more monks in Pantip Plaza (a computer department store in Bangkok) than in a monastery. And most of them were browsing the stores where illegal copies of movies and software were sold.

Erik


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