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Monastic lifestyle increasingly reflects secular tastes. In theory, monks should not handle gold, silver or money, but vows do not ban them from using mobile phones or Mercedes. Still the practice enhances public dismay at repeated monastic scandals. In 2003, the National Buddhism Office stressed existing bans on monks drinking alcohol and having dinner, as well as trends for walking on beaches, cheering at boxing matches, publicly using a mobile phone, or browsing department stores. Often senior monks get better khreuang sangha than. After all, donating to novices accrues less merit. Then there's the awkward question of surplus donations. Do the math: one bucket per monk, several blessings a week, multiple monks per event (at birthdays they number the celebrant's age plus one, to ensure longevity). That's an awful lot of buckets. And soap. And incense. Monks do keep very clean, but they limit their robes to two and just how much toothpaste can a mouth take? Where does the bucket surplus go? Donated goods not immediately required go into temple storage, or may go to charity, a poorer wat, or the local needy. Alternatively, they may be given to a nearby shopkeeper, who in return makes monetary merit to the temple fund. This is an ad hoc market with no fixed system or dealers, and as for where the fund surplus goes, some wonder. Scandals do get reported .We do get more candles than we could possibly use, "says Kantasilo Bhikku of Wat Boworniwet in Bangkok, who. supports the donation of fluorescent bulbs instead. "The symbolism is to give light for study, so it's the same meaning." Other alternativeies than we could possibly use in Bangkok, who supports the donation of fluorescent bulbs instead. "The symbolism is to give light for study, so it's the same meaning.". Other alternative khreuang sangha than include saffron-hued first aid kits, or satchels of study materials for temple school pupils. Donations to monkly diets veer between gluts of fresh food that spoil and dry foods that cause low nutrition. In a hi-tech solution in 2012, Sahapan Group launched Mahatarn (Great Alms) retort pouches: sterile, long-life meals of better quality than other processed food, but far from the home cooking of old.Supporting monks to live without possessions or ego. ironically has became a commodified act. As society got more secular and materialist, so khreuang sangha than have flourished as a tangible token of faith. The offering itself now became a consumer product.
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