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Don't pretend to be stupid. Bed time is a loose choice. People don't carry importance or weight in it. That's why it's easily violated. Becoming a monk and a B
by kilgnad 4y ago
Don't pretend to be stupid. Bed time is a loose choice. People don't carry importance or weight in it. That's why it's easily violated. Becoming a monk and a Buddhist is a life choice. It is indeed a contradiction and it is indeed important to know why.such a contradiction exists.
- ethanbond 4y agoHere you’re revealing your ignorance of the situation. “Becoming a Buddhist” in that part of the world is largely a matter of being born in that part of the world. Becoming a monk in Thailand, likewise, is not necessarily some grand spiritual journey like what you’re imagining. It’s practically a cultural norm for young men to become monks for a short period. You know what else some % of normal young men do? Fall to drug addiction!
- kilgnad 4y ago>Here you’re revealing your ignorance of the situation. I'm asking a hard question. When you ask a question you explicitly REVEAL ignorance.
- dredmorbius 4y agoWhen disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." <https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html>