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Mor Yong's death breeds mistrust
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 11/11/2015
» Authorities can say whatever they want about the cause of Mor Yong's death. But they cannot expect people to believe it. There is no need trying to get frank opinions from people face to face, however. No one speaks their minds with strangers anymore; it has become too dangerous.
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Monks need to break from feudal ways
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 17/06/2015
» Given widespread temple corruption and rogue monks, there's no question that the Sangha needs cleaning up. The clergy's latest outcry against reform calls, however, shows there is no hope for change.
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Bhikkhuni don't belong under clergy
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 04/03/2015
» During her pilgrimage to sacred Buddhist sites in India, Dhammadipa Bhikkhuni met a senior monk from Thailand. She bowed and paid him respect. He responded with reprimands.
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Dhammakaya is only a symptom
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 25/02/2015
» The Supreme Sangha Council has paid a high price for protecting the controversial Dhammakaya abbot and his empire. Now the tsunami of public anger is on the archaic body with roaring calls from all around for Sangha reform. It is about time.
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Clergy scores a hat-trick of scandals
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 21/01/2015
» This week, three news items left no room for doubt about the state of our Buddhist clergy; it is beyond resuscitation.
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Keep Suan Mokh free from politics
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 05/11/2014
» Like many people in my generation, Suan Mokh forest monastery in Surat Thani province holds a special place in my heart. It's why I feel uneasy with recent developments there.
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Nuns show us what merit really means
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 29/10/2014
» Whenever the issue of female ordination pops up, we hear two standard lines from our clerical elders.
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Forest monk leaves gift of his wisdom
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 27/08/2014
» When Luang Por Khamkhian Suvanno drew his last breath as dawn broke on Saturday, the country not only lost a great meditation master, but also a socially conscious monastic who dedicated his life to saving the forests and the livelihoods of the poor.
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Rogue monks are here for the long haul
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 30/04/2014
» The controversial Phra Yantra is back. Despite his past scandals over sexual relationships with female followers, a series of lies, and his refusal to accept the late Supreme Patriarch's order which expelled him from the monkhood, many still flocked to him when he returned to his hometown in Nakhon Si Thammarat's Pak Panang district early this month.
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Let Buddha's words unify our divisions
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 20/11/2013
» As we are holding our breath in fear of what the political confrontation will bring, we begin to hear words of caution from many groups of people. Not from our monks, though.
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