Buddhist monks
Why the rescued Thai soccer boys are considering becoming monks
By Andrew Alan Johnson — July 17, 2018
(The Conversation) — In Theravada Buddhist practice, ordination as a monk and donating the merit thus gained is one of the greatest honors that a person can give to another.
‘Jet-set monk’ is back in Thailand after extradition from US
By Jerome Socolovsky — July 20, 2017
BANGKOK (AP) — Wirapol Sukphol was defrocked amid accusations of multiple sexual relationships with women — a cardinal sin for monks. Critics say he is an extreme example of a wider crisis in Thai Buddhism, which has become marginalized by a shortage of monks and an increasingly secular society.
Thailand looks to arrest Buddhist monk for insurrection
By Vishal Arora — February 5, 2014
(RNS) Authorities in Thailand are preparing to arrest and possibly defrock a senior Buddhist monk on charges of insurrection and breach of Buddhist discipline for leading anti-government protests.
Cambodian dancers rededicate Buddhist temples across U.S.
By Katherine Burgess — October 15, 2013
SILVER SPRING, Md. (RNS) Cambodian dance was nearly destroyed under the Khmer Rouge. Now a troupe of dancers is rededicating Cambodian temples in Boston, New York, Washington and Los Angeles.
Photo Slideshow: Medicine Buddha sand mandala
By Sally Morrow — August 23, 2013
Buddhist monks from Drepung Gomang Monastery in India construct a Medicine Buddha sand mandala for mental (inner) and physical health.
Buddhist monk blames Muslims for Myanmar bombing
By Richard S. Ehrlich — July 25, 2013
(RNS) Myanmar's radical Buddhist monk said a bomb that exploded near him, wounding five devotees, came after a death threat by a "Muslim religious leader" who wanted to silence his campaign to prevent Buddhist women marrying Muslim men.
Worldly Buddhist monks rile Thailand’s faithful
By Vishal Arora — June 28, 2013
(RNS) Thailand’s National Office of Buddhism, which is mandated to maintain and promote Buddhist affairs, has publicly condemned the worldly indulgence of monks as “indecent,” but without following it up with action, as their conduct did not constitute “serious offenses.”
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