Mad Buddhist monks brawl at funeral in northeast Thailand

[misskit]

Tensions were high at a funeral in Surin province in northeast Thailand on Friday when a brawl broke out between two saffron-robed Buddhist monks, allegedly over a plastic chair.

Yesterday, the acting abbot of Wat Pho Sri Sawang Arom, Phra Toi Kan, told reporters what happened at the temple on Friday.

In Thailand, Buddhist funeral rites include a distinctive ritual called bangsookool (paṃsukūla in Pali) in which relatives present robes to Buddhist monks to generate merit on behalf of the deceased. New robes are placed on a coffin and received by monks who chant and pour water to symbolise the transfer of merit.


Shortly after the bangsookool ceremony on Friday, the peaceful funeral rites were disturbed by two hot-headed clergymen. Phra Toi Kan said…

“I was sitting in the front row. I don’t know the root cause of the problem seen in the pictures. Relatives had to step in and stop the chaos. After the incident, the monk who started the fight asked to leave the monkhood at a temple in the city.”


Phra Ongart said that his relatives invited him to perform a bangsookool ceremony at a funeral. Chairs were set out in two rows for the monks when they arrived, said Phra Ongart.


A monk instructed Phra Ongart to sit in a chair in the front row as the three seats in the back row were taken. Upon sitting down, an angry monk asked Phra Ongart, “How many years have you been ordained?” before physically attacking him in front of all the funeral guests. The monk grew violent when he didn’t get a front row seat.


Phra Ongart said he was no match for the other monk’s strength and ended up on the floor. He said he was repeatedly punched by the mad monk before funeral attendees put a stop to the fight.


The boiling Buddhist picked up a chair and tried to whack Phra Ongart with it but funeral attendees snatched the chair from him before he could do any more damage.

Physical violence is forbidden for Buddhist monks and the perpetrator has already been punished by exiting the monkhood and returning to society at the request of the abbot.


The saffron robes worn by a Buddhist monk symbolise detachment from worldly desires and dedication to the Buddha, Dharma and the Sangha. Those who wear Buddhist robes are considered moral exemplars for lay Buddhists in Thai society to aspire to be like.


Mad Buddhist monks brawl at funeral in northeast Thailand | Thaiger

[Seekingasylum]

Their puerility is all embracing. Thai are perhaps the most childish on the planet.

But of course one must not lose sight of the inescapable truth the Thai monk hood is often used as a refuge for those escaping temporal adversity ………and just plain old fashioned thugs.

[panama hat]

Oh dear . . . worldly possessions and all that.





. . . and everyone else simply stands around.


Thai monks . . .

[Seekingasylum]

It really is quite puzzling why these Thaiphiles should take such exception to anyone expressing the truth about this ridiculous country and its abjectly puerile people.

The truth is the truth and there it is.

[Pragmatic]

Probably a drugs deal gone wrong.

[david44]

Thai monk hood is often used as a refuge for those escaping temporal adversity ………and just plain old fashioned thugs.

Much like Pattaya eh

[david44]

It really is quite puzzling why these Thaiphiles should take such exception to anyone expressing the truth about this ridiculous country and its abjectly puerile people.

The truth is the truth and there it is.

I will leave it to others to define truth , however causal racism ignores Okker Scomo toppling kids, pervo princes' bro's bunfight had toff tiff over negress egress, while the Trumpery foolery and ignorance of some Americans is well known as they slaughter each other with readily available assault rifles.I think you'll find young unpartenered buck rutting from Aberdeen to Zanzibar, hardly the nine Ocok Moose.

Whether the realm is any more ridiculous is moot.
What is odd that people choose to reside in a what they consider a ridiculous place unless in IDC?

If penniless Afghans can make a fresh start in UK why cannot you or is it too racist , puerile for you too.
I'm a glass half full type and have found good folks almost everywhere even depressing places like Yorkshire, Manchester and Melbourne.

Your discombobulation might be assuaged by some prostate probing, visit Naklua nockers and ask for PJ

[malmomike77]

People are mostly sacks for food and fillers of pisspots.

as you get older though they leak into swimming pools, olds are ghastly smelly wrinkly incontinent food sacks, and they whinge interminably.

[Joe 90]

as you get older though they leak into swimming pools, olds are ghastly smelly wrinkly incontinent food sacks, and they whinge interminably, especially about sausages

Fixed that for you

[harrybarracuda]

I tried really hard, but that photo is fucking hilarious.

[david44]

I tried really hard, but that photo is fucking hilarious.

Agreed it's Origami Buddhism, the noble truths with extra 8 folds and a submission, without the back story one might have stumblered onto tindr or dogging today

[reinvented]

I think Nutt at Full Metal Dojo will be all over this

[prawnograph]

Another day, another misbehaving monk, this one in Ubon Ratchathani


Phra Ben seems to have a male personality but acts like a woman