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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 7:38:01 GMT 7
If a farang wants to become a monk, what is the procedure, regarding application. visa status etc...
I think I'm at the level I need to enlighten myself further and give away my posessions.
Do the locals that give alms to monks do a decent curry or is it just left over rice that some shirtless drooling farnag has spat upon?
Can they ask people to make it a bit more hot or a bit less hot, do they have memory foam matresses to sleep on?
Whats the minimum sign up period?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 8:00:24 GMT 7
Good question Zen.
I asked my wife the exact same question years ago, and she just burst into laughter.
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Post by AyG on Mar 5, 2016 8:01:45 GMT 7
Better to attend a retreat first to find out if the life style is good for you. Wat Suan Mokkh does a well respected, silent 10 day retreat at the start of every month. www.suanmokkh-idh.org/You don't need to give away your possessions to become a monk, and can become one for as little as one day, though 3 months during the rainy season is more typical. As a monk you have to accept the food you are given; you aren't allowed to ask for anything specific. People prepare the food specially for the monks, and it's good quality. However, the monks' diet is typically short of fresh fruit and vegetables. People will often provide some "farang" food for foreign monks. As for beds, the only rule is that they mustn't be more than 65 cm tall. (If the bed is taller you must cut the legs down.) |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2016 8:20:00 GMT 7
If you want to give away all your possessions and practice abstinence of all worldly pleasures, why not just get married?
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Post by siampolee on Mar 5, 2016 8:36:06 GMT 7
Then later of course you take the ultimate step and divorce,then any thing you may have then and in the future is taken from you.
The wheel has turned the full circle and you have no materialistic possessions.
Result ''Nirvana"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 5:54:42 GMT 7
Thanks guys, you have persuaded me out of it, I want to help people or animals for free, thats better than being a monk IMO
If more people helped people the world would be a better place, monks just take, take, take, the selfish bastards
So I applied for a voluntary job at the RSPCA but they had no vacancies, strangely enough even though I am prepared to work for free, animal cruelty is no more don't donate to them.
I then researched working for the Red Cross, but don't fancy getting sent to somewhere where my head might be chopped off.
Being a fine British citizen I have decided to let 73 immigrants from Syria and surrounding countries live in my house free of charge.
I will send my children off for adoption and live on the streets hand to mouth.
This country is short of multi race ethnicity, I am doing the right thing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 6:37:28 GMT 7
Hang on, what day is it?
Best get some sleep
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 12:56:26 GMT 7
I've been on retreat twice - plenty of food, too much in fact, and always plenty of variety. Piles and piles of sticky rice - I don't think the monks like it.
Hardest part at first is sleeping on the floor then you get used to it. Silent retreats are way too tough - no need for them. Buddha talked, no need for silence.
Maybe you should volunteer as the Temple Dog monk, that way you can combine your monkhood ambition with desire to help animals.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Mar 7, 2016 16:10:05 GMT 7
I've been on retreat twice - plenty of food, too much in fact, and always plenty of variety. Piles and piles of sticky rice - I don't think the monks like it. Hardest part at first is sleeping on the floor then you get used to it. Silent retreats are way too tough - no need for them. Buddha talked, no need for silence. Maybe you should volunteer as the Temple Dog monk, that way you can combine your monkhood ambition with desire to help animals. There was a time when I used to wonder just how much Thailand and the Thais are missing out on with the volunteer laws. Farangs and others from far and wide with a range of experience and knowledge that could be passed on for free to the benefit of the locals. These days I just dont care. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2016 16:19:39 GMT 7
I've been on retreat twice - plenty of food, too much in fact, and always plenty of variety. Piles and piles of sticky rice - I don't think the monks like it. Hardest part at first is sleeping on the floor then you get used to it. Silent retreats are way too tough - no need for them. Buddha talked, no need for silence. Maybe you should volunteer as the Temple Dog monk, that way you can combine your monkhood ambition with desire to help animals. There was a time when I used to wonder just how much Thailand and the Thais are missing out on with the volunteer laws. Farangs and others from far and wide with a range of experience and knowledge that could be passed on for free to the benefit of the locals. These days I just dont care. I know two retired British firemen who live in Chiang Mai, and two more that live in Pattaya. One of these guys would love to help train the local brigades, especially in fire prevention, but no chance due to the laws. I bet you there's the equivalent of 10 billion baht a year worth of highly professional potential volunteer skills going-a-begging. |
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Post by Soutpeel on Mar 7, 2016 23:05:26 GMT 7
I've been on retreat twice - plenty of food, too much in fact, and always plenty of variety. Piles and piles of sticky rice - I don't think the monks like it. Hardest part at first is sleeping on the floor then you get used to it. Silent retreats are way too tough - no need for them. Buddha talked, no need for silence. Maybe you should volunteer as the Temple Dog monk, that way you can combine your monkhood ambition with desire to help animals. There was a time when I used to wonder just how much Thailand and the Thais are missing out on with the volunteer laws. Farangs and others from far and wide with a range of experience and knowledge that could be passed on for free to the benefit of the locals. These days I just dont care. The problem is i suspect with the voluteers in Thailand is that for every geniune person wishing to help, there will be 10 scum bags trying to abuse the system |
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Post by Soutpeel on Mar 7, 2016 23:07:54 GMT 7
There was a time when I used to wonder just how much Thailand and the Thais are missing out on with the volunteer laws. Farangs and others from far and wide with a range of experience and knowledge that could be passed on for free to the benefit of the locals. These days I just dont care. I know two retired British firemen who live in Chiang Mai, and two more that live in Pattaya. One of these guys would love to help train the local brigades, especially in fire prevention, but no chance due to the laws. I bet you there's the equivalent of 10 billion baht a year worth of highly professional potential volunteer skills going-a-begging. There is a chance, they can approach the local boss and get something sorted out as regards WPs, there is no law which says they cant get WP to help out, it will need the local poo yai to fix it... |
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