Buddhist preacher to crack down on gay/transgender monks' flamboyance

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Syt

May 03, 2009, 06:57:26 AM
BBC: 'Etiquette guide' for Thai monks

QuoteA Buddhist preacher in Thailand has announced plans for new guidelines aimed at curbing the flamboyant behaviour of gay and transgender monks.

The "good manners" curriculum - the country's first - is being introduced in the northern province of Chiang Rai.

The senior monk told the BBC he was particularly concerned by effeminate activities among novices such as the wearing of make-up and tight robes.

More than 90% of the Thai population are followers of Buddhism.

The BBC's Jonathan Head in Bangkok says tales of monks behaving badly are nothing new in Thailand.

In recent years, they have been accused of abuses of their exalted position in society that range from amassing dozens of luxury cars, to running fake amulet scams, to violating their vows of celibacy, our correspondent says.

Senior monk Phra Maha Wudhijaya Vajiramedhi told the BBC he would address issues like smoking, drinking alcohol, walking and going to the toilet properly, which are all detailed in the traditional 75 Dharma principles of Buddhism, and the 227 precepts for monks.

He was especially concerned, he said, by the flamboyant behaviour of gay and transgender monks, who can often be seen wearing revealingly tight robes, carrying pink purses and having effeminately-shaped eyebrows.

Thailand has a very large and visible population of transgender men, and Phra Vajiramedhi acknowledged that it was difficult to exclude them from the monkhood but he hoped his course could at least persuade them to curb their more extrovert habits.

If successful, the "good manners" course, at the Novice Demonstration School, would be replicated at other Buddhist monasteries and seminaries, he said.

Somehow the idea of a Buddhist monk with "revealingly tight robes, carrying pink purses" makes me giggle. :lol:
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katmai

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May 03, 2009, 06:59:56 AM
How long till Marcin's  whambulance radar goes off and he posts in thread?
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

DisturbedPervert

#2
May 03, 2009, 07:06:41 AM
More hard hitting journalism from Jonathan Head.  I'm gonna bottle that fuckhead in the face if I ever see him again.

I've never seen a ladyboy monk before.  I can't imagine many would do it, they spend years growing out their hair, they wouldn't shave it voluntarily.

Syt

#3
May 03, 2009, 07:09:38 AM
Quote from: katmai on May 03, 2009, 06:59:56 AM
How long till Marcin's  whambulance radar goes off and he posts in thread?

Why do you assume that he posts in every thread that has to do with homosexuality? :huh:
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katmai

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May 03, 2009, 07:12:47 AM
Quote from: Syt on May 03, 2009, 07:09:38 AM
Quote from: katmai on May 03, 2009, 06:59:56 AM
How long till Marcin's  whambulance radar goes off and he posts in thread?

Why do you assume that he posts in every thread that has to do with homosexuality? :huh:

6 years of history, kinda like you'll post in weird ass cannablistic threads :P
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son

Razgovory

#5
May 03, 2009, 07:14:24 AM
Syt, enough of this.  Some of us are trying to eat breakfast.
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Syt

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May 03, 2009, 07:14:30 AM
Quote from: katmai on May 03, 2009, 07:12:47 AM
6 years of history, kinda like you'll post in weird ass cannablistic threads :P

We don't have many of those, though. :(
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Neil

#7
May 03, 2009, 09:14:24 AM
Quote from: katmai on May 03, 2009, 06:59:56 AM
How long till Marcin's  whambulance radar goes off and he posts in thread?
And yet he hates religion almost as much as he hates himself.
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May 03, 2009, 12:06:30 PM
You are a religion!



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Caliga

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May 03, 2009, 01:00:59 PM
BURN IN HELL, SENIOR MONK PHRA MAHA WUDHIJAYA VAJIRAMEDHI  :mad:
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DisturbedPervert

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May 03, 2009, 01:06:08 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 03, 2009, 01:00:59 PM
BURN IN HELL, SENIOR MONK PHRA MAHA WUDHIJAYA VAJIRAMEDHI  :mad:

NO HELLO KITTY PURSES, NO PEACE!   :mad:

Neil

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May 03, 2009, 01:45:55 PM
I do not hate you, nor do I love you, but you are made out of atoms which I can use for something else.

jimmy olsen

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May 03, 2009, 02:05:48 PM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on May 03, 2009, 07:06:41 AM
More hard hitting journalism from Jonathan Head.  I'm gonna bottle that fuckhead in the face if I ever see him again.

I've never seen a ladyboy monk before.  I can't imagine many would do it, they spend years growing out their hair, they wouldn't shave it voluntarily.

You've met this guy before? What's the story?
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DisturbedPervert

#13
May 03, 2009, 02:27:01 PM
Don't know him personally but I know of him and have seen him a couple times.  Just hate the dude, horrible journalist who will do anything to get published.  Although, maybe that makes him a good journalist.   :lol:

Martinus

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May 03, 2009, 02:31:15 PM
Quote from: katmai on May 03, 2009, 06:59:56 AM
How long till Marcin's  whambulance radar goes off and he posts in thread?
:ph34r:
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