Stories about monastic rules
2 Buddhist wisdom stories about monastic rules from Buddhist teachers, each linked to the original talk.
- Coralie wrestled him into a funeral hugStory · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: At Clem Kentish's funeral his daughter Coralie (farm girl who wrestled sheep) insisted on hugging the monk despite the rule; he said no — she said yes — and he had no chance.
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His daughter Corali you know she knew how much he loved our monks and the good friendship we had. So, you know what happens in Australia after a funeral sort of, you know, she came I came up to give my best wishes and she said, "Uh, uh, can I give you a hug? You're not supposed to hug monks if you're girls." And I said, "No, you can't do that." She said, "Yes, I can." [laughter] Now, don't any of you try that because she would wrestle sheep. She was a farm farm girl. I didn't have a chance
- Declining Amnesty International's dinnerJoke · Ajahn Brahm
In brief: Invited by Amnesty International to speak at a dinner for an anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Ajahn Brahm declines: a monk can't eat in the evening, so…
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a few years ago there was I think the 25th anniversary of the international Declaration of Human Rights and Amnesty International invited me to the dinner to give a speech I had to decline I said to them your Amnesty International of all people you should never invite a monk to dinner cuz if I came I'd have to sit down in front of an empty plate we're not allowed to eat in the evening I'd have to look at all the delicious food you guys are eating and I can't taste any of any of it that's as you would understand Amnesty International that's torture for a month and you should be embarrassed even contemplating torturing a monk you bunch of hypocrites so that's how I declined