Politics & Monks. Spell the boundaries and disrobe anyone who violates
I think it’s the time for the council of monks in different sects to sit together and start to discuss this topic. It’s for the interest of Buddhism as a whole in the world. Forget about
Bikkhus should follow a certain guidelines and principles. I am not saying that they should be banned from politics. What I am saying is, if they are allowed to do politics, then it has to be within a certain framework and also they should be asked to take prior permission to do so. They should have sound reasons to engage in politics.
For example, we Buddhists should not allow dhamma to be used as a mean to get votes during election meeting. If anyone wants to do politics, then they can disrobe and engaged in political activities. I am a Buddhist and very much concerned about the growing trend and the deteriorating behavior of monks in
They may have reasons to get upset. Not only them. Many Sri Lankans should have reasons to upset over the way things are happening with peace talks and war and daily killings. What about the intimidation, getting defeated, getting killed and living in fear. Saying so.. monks should not be allowed to go insane. The last thing we want is, getting labled as "buddhist extremists".
It's not fair to other buddhist countries in the world.




