Fraud monks and devaluation of renunciation principle
There seems to be some fad these days in which buddhism has got a rarefied appeal specially in western nations whereby wearing robes makes one spiritual enough regardless of the fact whether they even believe in renunciation (nekkhamma) Lots of so called monks even start a website dhamma in which they solicit for cash donation which is forbidden in vinaya ( reasons which I shall explain) as well as inviting others to come join them in retreat again a rubbish notion as nowhere in pali texts buddha went out in villages exhorting others to join him or visit him in one of his vassas ( rainy retreat). These monks should be known as puthujjana bhikkus or worldly bhikkus, as such was the case as well during time when buddha was preaching. A late Pitaka book has even the coined term " average-good-monk " ( puthujjana - kalyanaka- bhikkhu ), the first adjective having been earlier applied only to the common man of the world. Buddha also talked about the difference between Puthujjana ...