Being a monk is not an easy task; once any person decides to be a monk, there are many rules and restrictions they have to obey.
You can’t talk unless you really have to, have no contact with the lay world, pray seven times a day, never be free, either do some physical work, study, or pray, and the list goes on. It is also a lifetime commitment; once you enter a monastery, you only leave it when you die.
This long list of rules also excludes recreation and entertainment, which also prohibits taking drugs.
But in a temple in Thailand, all the monks tested positive on a drug test and have been sent to rehab. Here’s what happened.
Thailand monks failed a drug test and sent to rehab
All the monks from a Buddhist monastery in central Thailand have been defrocked for failing drug tests,…