Sleeping in the villages...

[snotface]

If the elderly monk wanted to see you for whatever reason, he would've sent for you. You would have been encouraged by the villagers to go see him and they would've probably taken you to the temple themselves. The monk is the one of the higher status, not you. Monks don't make housecalls just to gawk especially not a frail, elderly, senior monk.

How clever of you to know how all Thai monks behave in all circumstances. Tough shit if you don't believe me.

One of your many, I gather.

I've had one other handle. How many have you had I wonder? I could hazard a guess at one of them.

[cdnmatt]

If the elderly monk wanted to see you for whatever reason, he would've sent for you. You would have been encouraged by the villagers to go see him and they would've probably taken you to the temple themselves. The monk is the one of the higher status, not you. Monks don't make housecalls just to gawk especially not a frail, elderly, senior monk.



One of your many, I gather.

What are you talking about? Yes they do, all the time. Everytime someone is married, dies, a kid is born, buys a house, or anything else.... the monks make a house visit to do a blessing ceremony.

When Leo and myself manage to make it out to his village and have our wedding / celebration of life ceremony, the monks will come by and bless us.

[sglad]

Tough shit if you don't believe me.

Believe it or not, this is not about you. I just wanted to shed light on monastic protocols and practices. Readers who are interested in these things are encouraged to do their own research and not apply what they see in Pattaya or in any local setting to the country and (Thai) Buddhism as a whole for eg the aberrant practice of blessing beer bars or the story of a monk accepting 500 Baht that wasn't put into his morning collection bowl..

[sglad]

What are you talking about? Yes they do, all the time. Everytime someone is married, dies, a kid is born, buys a house, or anything else.... the monks make a house visit to do a blessing ceremony.

When Leo and myself manage to make it out to his village and have our wedding / celebration of life ceremony, the monks will come by and bless us.

See my post (#133) above.

[snotface]

Believe it or not, this is not about you. I just wanted to shed light on monastic protocols and practices.

Don't give me that. Behind your know-it-all pronouncements about monastic behaviour in two separate posts is the clear implication that I made up my meeting with a monk in a village. That DOES concern me. You then proceeded to link me to a poster with whom I have no connection whatsoever. If you're going to stir the pot at least have the courage of your convictions and don't get all mealy-mouthed about it.

[Smiles]

What are you talking about? Yes they do, all the time. Everytime someone is married, dies, a kid is born, buys a house, or anything else.... the monks make a house visit to do a blessing ceremony.
When Leo and myself manage to make it out to his village and have our wedding / celebration of life ceremony, the monks will come by and bless us.

Monks will indeed come to one's house for various reasons ... you've named most of the obvious ones. But they don't come uninvited. These different blessings are not cheap and are not done gratis ... lots of loot is passed from household to temple, and monks themselves.
Some homestead visitations (as well as going to the temple) are hugely expensive and the poorer families can easily go into deep debt because of it. Happens all the time.

[Blueskytoday]

Why is everyone caring about this LEO guy.....enough...

[joe552]

Why is everyone caring about this LEO guy.....enough...

I think we've all fallen a little bit in love with him.

Btw, what's the longest thread on SGT been? We're at 15 pages now.

[cdnmatt]

Why is everyone caring about this LEO guy.....enough...

I think it has something to do with the fact that I won't shut up about him.

Sorry, that's what love does to you.

[Smiles]

Anyone who is interested in Thai buddhist ceremony (in this case my old man becoming a monk) you are invited to read this Sawatdee post from some years ago:

https://sawatdeenetwork.com/v4/showt...highlight=monk