Cambodia's magic monk - 17 Aug 07

Scores of Cambodians have been flocking to a temple on the outskirts of the capital Phnom Penh to visit a man they're describing as 'the magic monk'. Bin Sovann is a hugely popular 38 year old Buddhist, who claims to possess special healing powers. Hamish Macdonald paid him a visit.

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[teamkvs]

the haters are the Christian

[smarty2ful]

I believe in Budhist. The riligion of piece, and love. Unlike any other riligion that they have to kill other peopple to go to heaven. Budhist is the riligion that teach peopple to love, to forgive and not to kill any living things. Budhist never force or any human to believe in them but to believe in themselves. Unlike Christain, they travel from one country to another counrtry to convert other riligion to believe in them. That I call a force upon which I hated so much.

[sodafromyoda]

@watn85 Buddha also wasnt a lord and discouraged being worshipped as one.

[DerNiedertraechtig]

@haventgotoverit A religion is a set of beliefs not a god everyone has a religion because everyone has a set of belief's

[LeHuyAnh]

@watn85 You're certainly right. But at the same time, Sri Lankan Buddhists are also far too tolerant of hindu dogmas. Why do they still accept the caste systems, for instance, and taking in many other Hindu rites.

[LeHuyAnh]

@Mearyeaurng Not true at all; it depends on the particular tradition and sect. Theravada monks shave everything, even their eyebrows, while some schools among the Tibetan and Zen traditions have very long hair and beards. Consider the Vietnamese Zen master, Thich Quang Do, for instance.

[ProtestantsRUs]

Clearly ridiculous. Very few good things have come out of Buddhism.

[JongaLife]

@smarty2ful Monks used to be great arguers of their believes and yes they did tried to convert or show the light to other people... which I actually appreciate because is actually great advice. But there's also great advice in every religious book. Although, most religious books have a mix of fiction, reality, ethics, traditions and creativity. I'm atheist though but value different things from different religions.

[woodland2223]

@teamkvs stupid



[woodland2223]

stupid



[watn85]

I'm a Sri Lankan Buddhist.. The Lord Buddha never ask buddhist monk to follow this kind of magic thing..

[ShinWR1]

Goes to show if you really need God to make your We we bigger. God must have made you have a small one for a reason right. So you can Warship him and ask for forgiveness. And work hard on making the best of what you got. Men with Big Penis wouldn't need to warship as much cause they got the Girls and pride. Grow up people.