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Survey finds Thai public blames monks' misconduct for Buddhism’s decline
BANGKOK: The National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) has released the findings of a new public opinion survey ...
Call to prosecute women who have sex with monks after ‘seductress’ scandal
Women should be prosecuted for having sex with monks, Thai politicians have proposed, amid a nationwide scandal over an ...
Who Is Wilawan Emsawat? Thai Woman Who Trapped Monks With 80,000 Nudes, Social Media And Extorted Rs 100 Cr In Blackmail
Nine monks, including high-ranking abbots from well-known temples, have since been defrocked. At least two have gone into ...
Bangkok Post on MSN12h
Poll: Most Thais believe some monks have misbehaved, should be punished
The National Institute of Development Administration found in a recent opinion survey that most respondents believe that some Buddhist monks have violated monastic rules and should be punished.The ...
How Thai monks use sacred saffron rituals to save trees
The monks in Thailand’s Chaiyaphum province wrap saffron robes around endangered trees to ‘ordain’ them and protect them from ...
Global Missions With Monks Led Adventurer Into Wild World Of Whiskey
Two Benedictine monks, some Indiana Jones-like adventures, and a visit to a Kentucky bourbon maker led a Minnesota man to become a pioneering whiskey maker.
The Times of Israel on MSN3d
After Catholic monks’ vineyard was burned in wildfires, Israelis dig in to help replant
The Latrun Monastery's agricultural lands took a hard hit in this spring's blazes, prompting a grassroots interfaith effort ...
Co-op Kaiju Horror Cooking is a game about medieval monks catapulting meals into the mouths of giant monsters, and it's out later this month
Once the ravenous kaiju is summoned, you have ten minutes to assemble a meal fit for a towering terror of the deep, before ...