STORY OF THE DAY • Apr 09, 2010 • 11 min read
Meeting the material world
By
Charlie Lancaster
• Apr 09, 2010
During recent years, the Buddhist faith appears to have witnessed a few casualties along an increasingly bumpy path to enlightenment. Headlines documenting monk-related incidents have peppered regional media, and their prevalence seems to be rising. From “Buddhist monk arrested for rape of British tourist” to “Monks arrested for throwing rowdy…