Thailand’s Minister for Culture Niphit Intharasombat has suggested that tourist should be banned from having tattoo designs of the Buddha done in a country where Buddha images are revered. He remarked that foreigners (farang in Thai) see them as a fashionable design and do not have them out of any particular devotion to Buddhism or reverence for the Buddha image.
"Foreigners see these tattoos as fashion," Niphit said on the ministry's website.
Thailand’s religion is nearly 96% Buddhist, and Buddha statues and Buddha images are considered sacred objects of worship. The minister was reported to have asked the culture ministry to tell Thai tattoo parlours to cease the activity.
According to the Thai official news agency, NNT, he also requested that provincial governors should "inspect tattoo studios and seek their co-operation".
Finally the news agency reported that the minister was seeking a new law banning the practice.
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Semua Ahli-ahli MCA Malaysia yang dihormati,
ReplyDeleteSegelintir pemimpin MCA seperti YIP KUM FOOK (lawyer, MCA Gombak) dan Yip Jiun Hann(pemuda MCA Gombak) perangainya sendiri pun tidak bermoral dan nama pun sangat busuk di Selangor. Khas nya di Kepong, Selayang, Rawang dan lain tempat, seperti makan wang SAMNAK SAMBODHI, DESA JAYA, KEPONG, merosakkan keluarga orang lain……..perangai sebegitu jahat.
Mereka cuba suruh kita menyokong Donald lim Siang Chai, sekira kumpulan ini bermenang dalam parti MCA, saya yakin parti MCA akan tenggelam selama-lama di Malaysia
Jangan kena jerat, sokong lah Saudara Dr Wee Ka Siong
SAMNAK SAMBODHI COMMITTEES
Dear brother and sister,
ReplyDeleteI am Myanmar who working in Malaysia more than 10 years and I would like to explain about SAMNAK SAMBODHI BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION. Therefore, recently I stayed at SASANARAKKHA BUDDHIST SANCTUARY (SBS), Taiping, Perak. I am very close with Ven. U Nandiya Maha Thero.
My monk Ven. U Nandiya is very good heart and compassion to everyone in the world, also I heard when he stayed at Kuala Lumpur Buddhist Temple, he lends donation money to President of Temple (DATUK YIP KUM FOOK, MCA Gombak) with amount RM20,000.00 only and he said that money belong to Myanmar society in Malaysia.
On the other hand, my monk said, also many things happened when he stayed there because committees always disturbing, I am very sadly about that matter, why committees are very poor and crooks. Others Temple, people come to Temple to respected Buddha and Monks, also give red packet to monks. Why this Temple, monks must give money to committees, this is opposite.
If anyone receive or read this message, please inform to DATUK YIP KUM FOOK (president of Temple) to return that amount to my monk as soon as possible.
My monk contact place:
Ven. U Nandiya
SASANA DAJA BUDDHIST TEMPLE
49 Bombay Street, Lidcombe NSW 2141.
Tel: (02) 9649-8124
With kindness
KO KO NAING
Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
Anyone visiting this Buddhist Temple must be careful with the committee members as they can suck your money and the president of the Temple is also more sucking monks’ money already, add and call the police to arrest Buddhist monks