Fake monk: Hong Kong Buddhist crusader catches one on London street

Skyhook · 31-05-2018, 08:03 AM

Monk dude should have just done a runner and muttered "catch me if you can ! " lol

flameproof · 31-05-2018, 09:38 AM

Why the silly talk and not simply call the police? Tourist visa violation and deception.

chuckster007 · 31-05-2018, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by flameproof:

Why the silly talk and not simply call the police? Tourist visa violation and deception.

Police: London police what is your emergency
Crusader: Err there is a FAKE monk roaming the streets can you send someone to deal with him please
Police: Come again?? Fake Monk?? what da heck you talking about, you aving a laff, how do you know he is fake, is he hurting anyone
Crusader: He cant show me his official Buddhist Monk paper work
Police: WTF is Buddhist paper work, you mean they need to have a Monk License
Crusader: sort of but can you send someone to deal with him, he is NOT A REAL MONK
Police: listen lady, whether he is real or not is really not our concern unless he is robbing someone, killing someone etc Please do not call us again regarding this as THIS IS NOT A POLICE ISSUE. go call Immigration services.

Edit: As a Buddhist guy myself, these fake monks pisses me off as well but not sure what the police will do in London lol

freeier · 31-05-2018, 10:17 AM

just share with him half your pack of food instead of money. shld get them pissed off. real monks will be happy getting food contribution. 8-)

merchantms · 31-05-2018, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by chuckster007:

Police: London police what is your emergency
Crusader: Err there is a FAKE monk roaming the streets can you send someone to deal with him please
Police: Come again?? Fake Monk?? what da heck you talking about, you aving a laff, how do you know he is fake, is he hurting anyone
Crusader: He cant show me his official Buddhist Monk paper work
Police: WTF is Buddhist paper work, you mean they need to have a Monk License
Crusader: sort of but can you send someone to deal with him, he is NOT A REAL MONK
Police: listen lady, whether he is real or not is really not our concern unless he is robbing someone, killing someone etc Please do not call us again regarding this as THIS IS NOT A POLICE ISSUE. go call Immigration services.

Edit: As a Buddhist guy myself, these fake monks pisses me off as well but not sure what the police will do in London lol

You forgot

"He can't even say the Great Compassion Mantra!"

shri · 31-05-2018, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by freeier:

just share with him half your pack of food instead of money. shld get them pissed off. real monks will be happy getting food contribution. 8-)

Even if it is a burger?

Andy SNK · 31-05-2018, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by shri:

Even if it is a burger?

"impossible" burger?

chuckster007 · 31-05-2018, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by shri:

Even if it is a burger?

There are different types of Monks, some eat meat but not all kinds of meat, as long as a prayer is said before the meal, it is still acceptable to eat meat. If the monk get a burger and he prays before eating it, he is fine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_vegetarianism

Tibetan traditions
In Tibet, where vegetables have been historically very scarce, and the adopted vinaya was the Nikaya Sarvāstivāda, vegetarianism is very rare, although the Dalai Lama, the Karmapa, and other esteemed lamas invite their audiences to adopt vegetarianism whenever they can. Chatral Rinpoche in particular stated that anyone who wished to be his student must be vegetarian. Contradictory to the compassionate Tibetan Buddhist traditions in which a sanctity of life, both human and animal, is cherished, meat is often consumed as a form of sustenance due to lack of vegetation readily available. For example, Tibetan medicine emphasizes the necessity to acquire and sustain a balance between the bodily fluids of wind (rlung), phlegm (bad kan), and bile (mkhns), in which a meatless diet would disturb and eventually lead to fatigue. The 18th century Tibetan religious leader Jigmé Lingpa suggested that Tibetan Buddhists who wish to consume meat, but also do not want to sacrifice their religious beliefs, should recite a prayer over their plate of meat in order to purify it before it is consumed. This is said to create a favorable interconnection between the consumer and the animal, assisting it to attain a finer rebirth.[31]