Greater respect for Buddhist monks ordered

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Cruisemonkey wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 9:36 am I always figured it would be a great 'job' -
Go out begging for a hour or so in the morning... and spend the rest of the day stoned/groping girls.
I wouldn't like attending funerals and having to wake up at dawn every day. I'm not a mourning person.
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violet wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2018 7:07 pm Higher than the king? Wow. I know little about Buddhism really but that surprises me.

So where exactly does the king sit in the pecking order? I do know it is relatively low, but did not expect that. And where does HS fit - above or below the monks?
In Thailand it's only the senior monks who are higher than the king. That was the former king. Don't know about the new.
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Hmmmmm :? -
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You could be next.
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prahocalypse now wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2018 4:02 pmI wouldn't like attending funerals and having to wake up at dawn every day. I'm not a mourning person.
Most of them are up long before dawn.

When there is a funeral, they go as soon as they are notified of the death, sometimes 1 or 2 am.
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respect reality not fiction or those who prey on others need for escape from suffering

was asked to share a courtesy tuk tuk last week & told I had to sit next to the monk because he couldn't sit beside my girlfriend
I just said we weren't getting in with him then if he discriminates based on gender
not my concern he believes iron age bollocks

it all stops when we stop playing along
"Tolerance towards intolerance is cowardice"
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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chorlton wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2018 11:03 am respect reality not fiction or those who prey on others need for escape from suffering

was asked to share a courtesy tuk tuk last week & told I had to sit next to the monk because he couldn't sit beside my girlfriend
I just said we weren't getting in with him then if he discriminates based on gender
not my concern he believes iron age bollocks

it all stops when we stop playing along
Happened to me too but it was a muslim guy and my pet named Porky.
Don't forget the water buffalo
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