Travel Photo: Buddhist Monk uses an ATM at Chiang Mai, Thailand
I was passing through the roads of Chiang Mai when I watched this interesting sight of a Buddhist monk using an ATM machine. This was one of those ‘surprise’ moments for me as in my head I always thought monks to be begging for alms and serving the monastery.
But, here, the monk seems to be an ATM card, withdraws money and uses it to shop. I know this is true of most of the new generation monks, but it is a still a moment that you find difficult to digest as you have always read and studied about an ascetic set of monks.
But, here, the monk seems to be an ATM card, withdraws money and uses it to shop. I know this is true of most of the new generation monks, but it is a still a moment that you find difficult to digest as you have always read and studied about an ascetic set of monks.