[Buddha-l] Fake Monks in Thailand

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Curt Steinmetz schreef:
> Lidewij Niezink wrote:
>   
>> When i donated the monks and nuns tibetan bread and coconut cookies
>> i got the weirdest looks from them. What is it with money and monastics
>> these days?
>>   
>>     
>
> If you were in a Chistian church in America and you put some Kraft 
> macaroni and cheese (a culturally appropriate food offering) into the 
> collection tray as it was passed around - what kind of looks do you 
> think you would get?
>
>   
Not comparable Curt. I remember in my wild days doing mantras on the 
steps behind the Mahabodhitemple together with Tibetan lamas and monks 
and sometimes benefactors treated us with slices of white bread or 
cookies. Only in exceptional cases rupee notes were passed around. If 
there was a bBang or initiation you offered bisquits to the lama. I 
don't remember having heard of people putting slices of bread into the 
church's collection bag.
Well, times change of course, but if the moneycrises lasts a few months 
longer things may return to the practices of the old days. :-)


Erik

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