scottb Posted November 12, 2005 Report Posted November 12, 2005 Today I met an actual Buddhist monk. No kidding. I couldn't begin to reproduce his name and unfortunately, I was unable to communicate with him as much as I would have liked because his interpreter didn't seem to understand me too well. I was impressed by this guy who is 38 or 39 y/o who came to our area from Laos, lives in the Buddhist temple here, which I have got to go see (What does an Arkansan Buddhist Temple look like?) He is the only monk in the area, speaks very little English and is almost completely alone in a country which must seem very foreign to him. Don't know why I'm sharing other than meeting him really seemed significant to me for some reason. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted November 12, 2005 Report Posted November 12, 2005 Don't know why I'm sharing other than meeting him really seemed significant to me for some reason. ← Maybe you should look into that. Quote
Joe G Posted November 12, 2005 Report Posted November 12, 2005 I was impressed by this guy who is 38 or 39 y/o who came to our area from Laos, lives in the Buddhist temple here, which I have got to go see (What does an Arkansan Buddhist Temple look like?) He is the only monk in the area, speaks very little English and is almost completely alone in a country which must seem very foreign to him. ← The loneliest monk? Seriously, that sounds like someone worth getting to know. Quote
BeBop Posted November 12, 2005 Report Posted November 12, 2005 I've had many pleasant encounters with monks (and novices) over the years. (Figure one a week, though it varies with my location.) I often leave feeling a serenity that I don't otherwise achieve through personal interaction. Oddly (or not), I don't ever have the same feeling after encounters with clerics or others in other religions. It may be an artifact of the novice experience and an empahsis - my perception - on non-threatening, non-coercive forms of public outreach, whether gathering daily food or otherwise. Quote
7/4 Posted November 12, 2005 Report Posted November 12, 2005 It's not all that unusual to see a Bhuddist monk on the streets of NY. I even know where to find buildings full of 'em. Quote
BruceH Posted November 13, 2005 Report Posted November 13, 2005 Maybe you could play some Monk for him. Or give him a DVD of "Monk." Quote
mikeweil Posted November 13, 2005 Report Posted November 13, 2005 It's not all that unusual to see a Buddhist monk on the streets of NY. I even know where to find buildings full of 'em. ← When the Dalai Lama visited Wiesbaden two months ago the town was orange ..... seriously - go meet him. These people are always very interesting. Quote
DTMX Posted November 13, 2005 Report Posted November 13, 2005 Ask him if he's ever asked a hotdog vendor to "make him One with everything". In Kamakura Japan I climbed up inside this Buddha (he was hollow). Quote
Neal Pomea Posted November 14, 2005 Report Posted November 14, 2005 New Hampshire Avenue from the Watergate Hotel out to the intersection with Georgia Avenue where it changes name to Damascus Road is called Highway to Heaven. Just about any kind of denomination you can think of, including a Cambodian Buddhist temple just up from my home http://www.cambodian-buddhist.org/ It's so full of churches that whenever we pass by a block or two without one or more, we refer to that as the devil's land. I think the temple is open to visitors at some times of the year. Quote
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