Buddhists behaving badly

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Buddhists behaving badly

I thought we already had a thread covering Buddhist monk scandals here already. Perhaps they are just a lot of loose threads. Maybe in the future, I’ll start collating them here. But for now, this is making my local news. Monk charged with trying to kill superior in Oakland By Henry K. Lee Updated 5:35 pm, Tuesday, June 23, 2015 [image] A woman walks on the grounds of an East Oakland monastery where police say a Buddhist monk stabbed the head monk before fleeing. Photo: Henry K. Lee A …

Buddhist robot

Fri Apr 22, 2016 5:42am EDT Robot monk blends science and Buddhism at Chinese temple BEIJING | BY JOSEPH CAMPBELL A Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Beijing has decided to ditch traditional ways and use technology to attract followers. Longquan temple says it has developed a robot monk that can chant Buddhist mantras, move via voice command, and hold a simple conversation. Named Xian’er, the 60-cm (2-foot) tall robot resembles a cartoon-like novice monk in yellow robes with a shaven he…