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**!!Aaroncheg** · 06-06-2010, 10:25 PM

I think monks can only own their robes, the bowl, a needle, razor, and that's about it. but in reality, they have ID cards, bank accounts, mobile phones, books, cameras, not to mention of course toothbrushes and stuff like that. they are not supposed to own money but they do pay bus and taxi fares and also tuition fees. it's not uncommon to see novice monks in internet cafes, in Pantrip plaza looking at counterfeit dvds, or buying themselves coke at 7-eleven in the afternoon. not to mention watching the football world cup :-) life in the concrete jungle. of course I'm sure it doesn't work the same in rural areas. and I'm sure they are much harder on monks than on novices.

06-06-2010, 10:25 PM	#25
!!Aaroncheg Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 460 Senior Member	I think monks can only own their robes, the bowl, a needle, razor, and that's about it. but in reality, they have ID cards, bank accounts, mobile phones, books, cameras, not to mention of course toothbrushes and stuff like that. they are not supposed to own money but they do pay bus and taxi fares and also tuition fees. it's not uncommon to see novice monks in internet cafes, in Pantrip plaza looking at counterfeit dvds, or buying themselves coke at 7-eleven in the afternoon. not to mention watching the football world cup :-) life in the concrete jungle. of course I'm sure it doesn't work the same in rural areas. and I'm sure they are much harder on monks than on novices.
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