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[jfchandler]

About the rules for monks and smoking, the TGF and I were traveling lately thru Chumpon, and ended up waiting for a bus near an elderly man who clearly was Thai, and was dressed in orange monk's robes.

As we sat waiting having some water at a street cafe, the monk sat alone at an adjoining table, calmly smoking a cigarette. I quietly asked the GF, "Gee, I wouldn't think monks are supposed to be smoking", as in, no smoke, no drink, no XXX....   She replied, yes, really he shouldn't be smoking. But as an elder monk, he was going to do what he wanted to do.

Reminded me of a story in the news a couple months ago on the outskirts of Pattaya wherein the real police caught a bunch of real monks, some young and some really older, partaking in pleasures of the flesh with some local female courtesans... The real monks got arrested, and supposedly were going to be bounced out of their temple.

Just goes to show you...it's not easy to lead a virtuous life in Thailand....  

[hobotraveler]

Hello, I need photos or videos of the Fake Monks so I can finish a press release. Although you will not be paid, I will give credit by name, links or as you wish.

Edited by soundman, 2008-11-09 13:42:36.
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[way2muchcoffee]

Go to Suda restaurant near Asok intersection any evening.  The fake monks will come around asking for money.

[Shotime]

stephaniee, on 2008-09-08 10:05:19, said:

is there anything real in thailand?

I feel the same way. Yes, money.

[tod-daniels]

I see the same two or three fake monks begging in the tourist heavy area between Soi Cowboy and Soi Nana on Sukhumvit nearly every nite.  The thais (given their ultra thai-ness) don't/won't say anything to them, even though they know they're not real monks.  

I watched one fake monk near the 7/11 by my Soi for about 10 minutes.  In that time; he got close to 1000 baht in "donations" from tourists wandering around.  It is certainly a real money making scheme they have going.

[Shotime]

I can't believe the Thai people on the street let them get away with it. i would think they would take it as an insult to their religion especially since the fakes are not even Thai. I find them repulsive.

[mahtin]

Can it be that the guy who came up to me in the beer bar and tied a bit of white string round my wrist was NOT REAL?