KyaemonCLICK ON THE PERIOD’S LINKS BELOW: The Church Sex Abuse Scandals Around the World On the eve of a possible papal apology for decades of sexual abuse by priests, TIME looks back at the evolving response around the world Full List THE CATHOLIC CHURCH Ireland 1936-2009 Mexico 1940s-2005 Wisconsin 1950-1998 Boston 1962-2002 Germany 1970s-2010 Belgium […]
Pope Benedict XVI and Church Abuse Crisis: How to Atone – TIME http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1992171-1,00.html How do you atone for something terrible, like the Inquisition? Joseph Ratzinger attempted to do just that for the Roman Catholic Church during a grandiose display of Vatican penance — the Day of Pardon on March 12, 2000, a ritual presided over […]
Popular Thai Monk Defrocked in Sex Scandal – Los Angeles Times http://articles.latimes.com/1995-04-01/news/mn-49644_1 Popular Thai Monk Defrocked in Sex Scandal April 01, 1995|From Associated Press BANGKOK, Thailand — Thousands of abject followers packed the streets to bid farewell Friday to one of Thailand’s most popular religious figures, who was forced to surrender his monk’s robe in […]
SOME MONKS LIKE TO REWRITE BUDDHISM TO SUIT THEIR GREEDS (NEEDS). INSTEAD OF DHAMMA PREACHING, THEY WANT TO INDULGE THEMSELVES AND LIVE LIKE KINGS AND LORD OVER OTHERS LIKE EMPERORS. IT’S AS IF BUDDHA GAVE UP HIS SEARCH FOR ENLIGHTENMENT AND WENT BACK TO BEING A PRINCE. EXCEPT THAT THESE MONKS HAVE NO ORIGINAL CLAIMS […]
“DIRTY OLD MAN” MISUSING HIS ROBE AND ABUSING PEOPLE’S TRUST. TOO MUCH POWER FOR THE HEAD PRIEST. “MOE MA MYIN, LAY MA MYIN”/FLYING HIGH IN THE SKY WITH HIS EGO. POWER (AND TRUST, TOO) CAN CORRUPT. AREN’T THESE PROOFS ENOUGH FOR YOU? OR, ARE YOU PRETENDING TO SLEEP? VERY HARD TO WAKE UP A (STUBBORN) […]
MAY HAVE TO CLICK ON THE PICTURE 2 OR 3 TIMES TO READ WHAT BUDDHA SAID. CRITIQUE AND ANALYZE WHAT OTHERS SAY BEFORE BELIEVING. YOU HAVE A RIGHT EVEN TO QUESTION BUDDHA, NOT TO SAY THE MONKS. Buddhist Channel | Buddhism News, Headlines | S/N Korea | Monk Indicted for Document Forgery http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=45,5968,0,0,1,0 Seoul, South […]
I. CHECK YOUR DONATION RECEIPTS. OTHERWISE, IF “FAKES,” (SEE BELOW) YOUR DONATION DEDUCTIONS MAY BE DISALLOWED. II. CHECK THE CANCELLED CHECK IMAGES COMING BACK TO YOU (ALONG WITH YOUR BANK STATEMENTS). DONATING TO MONKS FOR “NAWA KAMA”/PERSONAL USE MAY NOT QUALIFY, AS YOU MIGHT ALREADY KNOW BEFOREHAND. III. REPORT ANY SCAMS RIGHT AWAY, BEFORE THE […]
NOTE: THOUGH THE MONK WAS DEFROCKED AND NO LONGER A MONK, HE WAS STILL ARRESTED FOR THE CHARGE. THIS SORT OF THING USUALLY HAPPENS WHEN THE COMMUNITY IS LAX, TRUSTING, AND NAIVE. MOREOVER, THE BAD PRIEST AND HIS LACKEYS WOULD HAVE BRAINWASHED THE TRUSTEES INTO BLINDLY OBEYING HIM, WITHOUT QUESTION. THEY WOULD TREAT ANY QUESTION […]
Lay people, monks, bishops, cardinals, and Pope are all under the Laws of the country they live in. Priests are held to a higher standard like Buddha’s Vinaya or as some other religions would say God’s or Allah’s laws. They are even stricter. Some Buddhist priests may think they always own or should own the […]
If he is guilty as convicted by the Court, then he saves the community and himself much embarrassment with the aftermath. At least, he is more courageous than the other guys, the Tibetan monks who molested or abused people. Buddhist monk commits suicide after court sentences him for child sex abuse – WorldWide Religious News […]
Some bad monks have a good time at the donors’ expense. They misuse their robe or station and lay people’s trust. Some lay people let them do it with no supervision or demand for accountability. Just a waste! Waiting till the Police come and investigate is already too late. Also, too late to save a […]
THESE BAD TIBETAN MONKS ARE A DISGRACE. THEY GIVE BUDDHISM AND OTHER TIBETANS A BAD NAME. THEY PREYED ON THE NAIVE WESTERNERS. PERVERT MONK ABUSED GIRL,14; SCANDAL: SEX CASE IS ANOTHER BLOW TO SCOTS MONASTERY. – Free Online Library http://www.thefreelibrary.com/PERVERT+MONK+ABUSED+GIRL%2c14%3b+SCANDAL%3a+SEX+CASE+IS+ANOTHER+BLOW+TO…-a062821097 A TIBETAN monk living at a scandal-hit monastery molested a 14-year-old girl while he was […]
He was more fortunate than Salman Rushdie on whom the Ayatollah passed a decree of death for his writings. He dared to challenge the concept of Prophets and the elite few. See below on “RELIGION.” Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Zakariya_al-Razi# Muhammad ibn Zakariyā Rāzī (Mohammad-e Zakariā-ye Rāzi: Persian: محمد زکریای […]