LoLfhQahUdoSix leaders from South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed some supposedly serene monks raising hell, playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smoking.
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Will now definitely consider monk hood as a retirement option.
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Are there any orders that specifically have a reverence for irreverence? I think that you could probably get ordained quite easilyTyphoon wrote:Will now definitely consider monk hood as a retirement option.
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What the monks were doing was far more shocking than simple irreverence.Hoosiernorm wrote:Are there any orders that specifically have a reverence for irreverence? I think that you could probably get ordained quite easilyTyphoon wrote:Will now definitely consider monk hood as a retirement option.
They were caught red-handed conducting sacred Jesuit rituals.
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If you ever get caught crossing the line.... give me a call..... I got a boatload of dispensations I need to sell......Typhoon wrote:Will now definitely consider monk hood as a retirement option.
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I think you have to conduct a bingo game and promote the sale of magazines and chocolate bars before you can conclude that this was a Jesuit ritual. I mean you have the smoking and the drinking but a simple card game added to that is only half a ritual.Nonc Hilaire wrote:What the monks were doing was far more shocking than simple irreverence.Hoosiernorm wrote:Are there any orders that specifically have a reverence for irreverence? I think that you could probably get ordained quite easilyTyphoon wrote:Will now definitely consider monk hood as a retirement option.
They were caught red-handed conducting sacred Jesuit rituals.
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There is actually a long Buddhist theological precedent for this. Certain individuals are so far along the Dharma path and near enlightenment that they can do whatever they want, they already know by natural insight what others supposedly need meditation and discipline to learn. Or something.
The Bogd Khan was one such Caligulan figure, and still venerated by many Mongolians. Or not, depending on who you believe. There is a big of a war between Western and Mongolian scholars on the issue. He was pals with Ungern-Sternberg, which is not a good sign.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogd_Khan
The Bogd Khan was one such Caligulan figure, and still venerated by many Mongolians. Or not, depending on who you believe. There is a big of a war between Western and Mongolian scholars on the issue. He was pals with Ungern-Sternberg, which is not a good sign.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogd_Khan
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As we used to say in school, "Wherever you find four Jesuits together, you will always find a fifth."Hoosiernorm wrote:I think you have to conduct a bingo game and promote the sale of magazines and chocolate bars before you can conclude that this was a Jesuit ritual. I mean you have the smoking and the drinking but a simple card game added to that is only half a ritual.Nonc Hilaire wrote:What the monks were doing was far more shocking than simple irreverence.Hoosiernorm wrote:Are there any orders that specifically have a reverence for irreverence? I think that you could probably get ordained quite easilyTyphoon wrote:Will now definitely consider monk hood as a retirement option.
They were caught red-handed conducting sacred Jesuit rituals.
“Christ has no body now but yours. Yours are the eyes through which he looks with compassion on this world. Yours are the feet with which he walks among His people to do good. Yours are the hands through which he blesses His creation.”
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Thank you Very Much for Your Post, Nonc....Nonc Hilaire wrote:As we used to say in school, "Wherever you find four Jesuits together, you will always find a fifth."Hoosiernorm wrote:I think you have to conduct a bingo game and promote the sale of magazines and chocolate bars before you can conclude that this was a Jesuit ritual. I mean you have the smoking and the drinking but a simple card game added to that is only half a ritual.Nonc Hilaire wrote:What the monks were doing was far more shocking than simple irreverence.Hoosiernorm wrote:Are there any orders that specifically have a reverence for irreverence? I think that you could probably get ordained quite easilyTyphoon wrote:Will now definitely consider monk hood as a retirement option.
They were caught red-handed conducting sacred Jesuit rituals.
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Woe to those who long for the Day of the Lord, for It is Darkness, Not Light