The Calming Effect Of Meditation
And to think I believed that Buddhism was the sanest of all religions.
Buddhist monk cuts off penis and renounces refix
Wed Nov 22, 6:23 AM ET
A Thai Buddhist monk cut off his penis with a machete because he had an erection during meditation and declined to have it reattached, saying he had renounced all earthly cares, a doctor and a newspaper said on Wednesday. The 35-year-old monk, whose name was withheld for privacy reasons, allowed medical staff at Maharaj hospital, 780 km (480 miles) south of Bangkok to dress his wound, but refused reattachment, hospital chief Prawing Euanontouch said."We cleaned up the wound, gave him some stitches, but he declined to have it reattached because he said had abandoned everything," Prawing told Reuters by telephone.
Prawing declined to comment on the monk's erection, which Bangkok-based Kom Chad Luk tabloid reported on its Web site.
This is one of the most horrifyingly bizarre and strangely funniest articles I have every read. Read the words I highlighted a couple times. “Prawing declined to comment on the monk's erection”. First of all what possible question could a reporter ask about the erection? Was a press conference held? Were reporters rapidly asking the doctor questions about the erection?
Reporter: Doctor, I heard that monks are hung like horses. Is this true?
Doctor: No comment.
Reporter: Since the erection was killed while the monk was meditating, did the erection have a sense of oneness with the universe about it?
Doctor: No comment.
Now think about how casually it was thrown in at the end. Think about how outright bizarre the sentence is. Try to replace the word erection with any other noun. Try to see if there is another noun that would make those words even more bizarre. Now I know this story is not the least bit amusing. But I never in my life thought I would ever read the words “Prawing declined to comment on the monk's erection”. And what kind of reporter refers to a doctor by his first name, as if they were old buddies? I know it’s wrong, but I burst out laughing when I read it. Maybe I needed the comic relief or maybe I’m just a sick puppy. Who knows.
I showed this article to my partner this article yesterday morning. Later that night I found him standing next to me with a huge hard on and an even bigger smile. I just slowly turned my palm toward him, turned my head and said, “Michael declines to comment on the grinning idiot’s erection “. It took him a second but he burst out laughing.
Hell I could run with that line for years.
The doctor did made one comment however. He told reporters that the monk was singing this song while they were rushing him into the ambulance.
Buddhist monk cuts off penis and renounces refix
Wed Nov 22, 6:23 AM ET
A Thai Buddhist monk cut off his penis with a machete because he had an erection during meditation and declined to have it reattached, saying he had renounced all earthly cares, a doctor and a newspaper said on Wednesday. The 35-year-old monk, whose name was withheld for privacy reasons, allowed medical staff at Maharaj hospital, 780 km (480 miles) south of Bangkok to dress his wound, but refused reattachment, hospital chief Prawing Euanontouch said."We cleaned up the wound, gave him some stitches, but he declined to have it reattached because he said had abandoned everything," Prawing told Reuters by telephone.
Prawing declined to comment on the monk's erection, which Bangkok-based Kom Chad Luk tabloid reported on its Web site.
This is one of the most horrifyingly bizarre and strangely funniest articles I have every read. Read the words I highlighted a couple times. “Prawing declined to comment on the monk's erection”. First of all what possible question could a reporter ask about the erection? Was a press conference held? Were reporters rapidly asking the doctor questions about the erection?
Reporter: Doctor, I heard that monks are hung like horses. Is this true?
Doctor: No comment.
Reporter: Since the erection was killed while the monk was meditating, did the erection have a sense of oneness with the universe about it?
Doctor: No comment.
Now think about how casually it was thrown in at the end. Think about how outright bizarre the sentence is. Try to replace the word erection with any other noun. Try to see if there is another noun that would make those words even more bizarre. Now I know this story is not the least bit amusing. But I never in my life thought I would ever read the words “Prawing declined to comment on the monk's erection”. And what kind of reporter refers to a doctor by his first name, as if they were old buddies? I know it’s wrong, but I burst out laughing when I read it. Maybe I needed the comic relief or maybe I’m just a sick puppy. Who knows.
I showed this article to my partner this article yesterday morning. Later that night I found him standing next to me with a huge hard on and an even bigger smile. I just slowly turned my palm toward him, turned my head and said, “Michael declines to comment on the grinning idiot’s erection “. It took him a second but he burst out laughing.
Hell I could run with that line for years.
The doctor did made one comment however. He told reporters that the monk was singing this song while they were rushing him into the ambulance.
posted by mike in philly at 4:11 AM
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