XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics, talk.politics.drugs
XPost: alt.atheism
On 11/29/22 11:56 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 11/29/22 19:55, 26C.Z969 wrote:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11482075/Thai-Buddhist-temple-runs-monks-dismissed-failing-DRUG-TESTS.html
Thai Buddhist temple runs out of monks after all of its holy
men are dismissed for failing DRUG TESTS
Some four Buddhist monks have been dismissed for failing their
drug tests
The temple in Thailand was left without any monks after they
were defrocked
The monks from Phetchabun province all tested positive for
methamphetamine
. . .
The article does not make clear just WHO tested
the monks and WHY.
In any case, they were ALL meth-heads.
The Buddha probably wouldn't approve - but then
there wasn't any meth in his day ....
Monks have a rough routine so no wonder they hit the Meth.
Well, the suffering is SUPPOSED to be 'educational', put
you on The Path :-)
But of course it is against the rules because in Buddha's time they
did not even have tea and the coffee bean industry had not gotten
off the ground.
Hey, maybe the Buddha would have loved his
big cup-o-Starbucks ! :-)
What's "OK" is generally determined by the
culture/norms of the moment more than by
anything "objective".
Now the Dali is pretty cool - but I strongly
suspect he wouldn't go for meth-blasted monks.
All they had then was opium and cannabis. And privations which
is always the basic human way to the transcendental state of mind.
Well, Buddhism has always asserted that being less
human is More Holy/Enlightened. Not the only religion
or quasi-religion to push that. Somehow I feel that
becoming a sort of numb vegetable is NOT putting you
"in touch" with the cosmos ....... Ego is US - our
little claim on the universe. Be Alive !
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