Sangha Council urged to respect lay opinion, NATION

From: The Nation (Thailand) | Date: January 24, 2000 | Copyright information


The Nation (Thailand)

01-24-2000

EDUCATION Minister Somsak Prissanananthakul yesterday said the
monastic administrative body should take into account the attitudes of
the public towards the Sangha realm when they decide which senior monk
to appoint as acting abbot of Dhammakaya Temple.

Following the Sangha Supreme Council's recent ruling that the monastic
judicial review on Dhammakaya abbot Phra Dhammachayo's alleged breaking
of monastic ...

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