Ubon Ratchathani: Abbot, drunk youths in punch-up

**StrontiumDog** · 12-03-2013, 04:24 PM

Buddhist monk caught in fistfight with drunk youths | Bangkok Post: breakingnews

Abbot, drunk youths in punch-up

Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 11.38
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A 57-year-old abbot was involved in a fistfight with a group of drunken youths at a gas station in Ubon Ratchathani province, a Thai Rath report said on Tuesday.

People give offerings to Buddhist monks. (File Photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd)

Phra Prasert Sriluan, the abbot of Wat Tha Chang Nok in Ubon Ratchathani, said that he drove a car to the pump before going out to beg for alms because there was no one available to drive it for him. He later bought some items at a convenience store.

When he left the store, a group of young men who appeared intoxicated approached him and reprimanded him for driving a vehicle, according to the abbot.

They got into an argument and then began exchanging punches until other people in the area intervened and broke up the fight. The monk suffered cuts and bruises to his face. There were bloodstains on his robes. The young men left the scene.

The people then took the abbot to a police station to press charges against the youths, but he refused. He was then taken to hospital for treatment.

The abbot said he planned to leave the monkhood on Tuesday morning and did not want to take action against anyone.

**BugginOut** · 12-03-2013, 04:49 PM

In my area, they walk around in twos every morning with their alms bowls empty and a kid in tow pushing a huge cart full of all the food and flowers they receive. I thought they were only to fill their bowls and head back to the temple. Anybody know what they do with all that booty?

**Tom Sawyer** · 12-03-2013, 05:15 PM

^
Not all the monks can do alms, so they share. At least that's what I've been told.

**Sampattaya** · 12-03-2013, 05:15 PM

The monks that I deal with eat what they can and what they don't eat give out to the poor.

**sabang** · 12-03-2013, 06:03 PM

My kinda monk.

**ENT** · 12-03-2013, 06:06 PM

^^ and ^^^ That's correct. Not all monks must go out to collect alms and what is donated is shared between them all and the surplus distributed to the poor or others staying at the wat.

I find the act of the abbot being attacked by drunken monkeys abhorrent.

**jamescollister** · 12-03-2013, 06:58 PM

Out my way monks collect the food each morning and offerings different times of year. Left over food is given to the old and those that have fallen on hard times.
Some of the Wats have animals that have found sanitary, dogs, chickens, ducks, monkeys, wild deer etc and they get what's left over.

There are 22 villages in our district, most have a Wats, but few full time monks, lots of surplus food. Our village Wat is lucky to have 2 or 3 monks, except when the jungle Monks come down from the mountains.
Another dying way of life, the young go for 4 weeks to make merit, yet less and less take up the life. Haven't seen a real Monk under 60 in 4 year out in our village. Jim

**artist** · 12-03-2013, 08:15 PM

Originally Posted by BugginOut

In my area, they walk around in twos every morning with their alms bowls empty and a kid in tow pushing a huge cart full of all the food and flowers they receive. I thought they were only to fill their bowls and head back to the temple. Anybody know what they do with all that booty?

Must at least be two incase one does a runner with the proceeds.

**Imminent** · 12-03-2013, 09:38 PM

Too many drug-addicted horny monks drinking and driving while talking on their cellphones these days.

**Rocksteady** · 12-03-2013, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by ENT

I find the act of the abbot being attacked by drunken monkeys abhorrent.

Sums up much that has gone wrong out here!

**Rocksteady** · 12-03-2013, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Haven't seen a real Monk under 60 in 4 year out in our village. Jim

There's no profit in them now that the consumer society is king in thailand!

**tango** · 13-03-2013, 05:24 AM

^ Exactly. Given the number of monks, shopping in general especially for games, vdos and computer gear, seen daily in the malls of CMai, I'm surprised any monks are 'holding down the fort', so to speak.

**Imminent** · 13-03-2013, 07:42 AM

Agree with that. You can't go to a shopping mall these days without seeing monks there.

**piwanoi** · 13-03-2013, 08:48 AM

I have heard over the almost 10 years I have lived here from very reliable sources that some of these Monks are seriously Rich ,I remember years ago when going to the post office to post a parcel a monk walking in and pulling a wallet out stuffed with high denomination bills that would have choked a horse

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