Recently when i read the papers, i find myself effected and
angry at what i read. I am not usually so vocal and nor do i allow
myself to be overwhelmed with anger easily. However, i find that
what this person did is beyond forgiveness, at least to me. Allow
me to elaborate.
We all have our faiths, i have mine and you have yours. With each
and every religious belief, there are people who have been more
enlightened then most people. Such people are those whom we look up
to to answer our questions and guide us with their wisdom in the
faith we believe in. We give them titles that anchors their status.
Pastors, Fathers, Priests, Now imagine one day you realised that
the person you trust so much and have complete faith in is actually
flawed, to the extent that the revelation flips you in the
mind.
Venerable Shi Ming Yi, a Buddhist monk, made himself known to us
when he apparently risked his own well being to do dangerous stunts
to plead for donations to help the sick and poor. His tears flowed
freely on national television when he begged for the public
donations. His actions worked. Millions of dollars in donations
were garnered. Does this remind you of a previous case? Now wait,
there's more.
It has since been revealed that his "Venerable", may not be as
Venerable as previously thought, rather, may well be more
Vulnerable in truth. He is found to be in possession of no less
then 9 credit cards from different banks. With some of his credit
card monthly limit to be as high at SGD$33,000 a month. Further, he
has also given supplementary cards to his aides. Receipts have also
shown that he has spent on high end brands and stayed in high class
hotels. His salary was also revealed to be SGD$16,000 a month. By
these revelations ALONE, do you find anything wrong with this
picture?
No?
You are supposed to be an enlightened monk. You wear a robe
carrying the image of a holy man. You defend your lifestyle by
saying that we are living in the modern world.
That much is true. But as enlightened as you claim to be, you fail
to understand one critical point.
You are a monk. You wear a robe. You are an image for all monks in
our country when you walk around in those robes. There are
responsibilities and a duty to uphold the image of monkhood. You do
NOT see police officers drinking on the job, smoking on the job or
heck, even watching a movie when they are IN UNIFORM. By YOUR
assertion, that means to say that ALL monks have the right to have
5 figure salaries, hold multiple credit cards and even drive high
end cars because "we are living in the modern world".
What a nice career move that would be.
You offer employment to an aide who you KNOW is not legally allowed
to work in our country. You knowingly made arrangements for your
own salary to be increased to facilitate payment to this aide. Your
aide is also not a normal aide worker. He draws SGD$4,700 a month
to be your aide. This salary range is considered the above average
median in our country. (Not forgetting, because he is illegal, he
has no CPF contributions. Therefore, he pockets the entire sum
every month). What is wrong with this? People who work SHOULD be
paid for their services right? Regardless of the amount of
remuneration?
Yes. A worker should be paid for his work done. In this case, he is
an ILLEGAL worker. Worse, his salary is paid for through a CHARITY.
If you see nothing wrong in that, then well, i have nothing more to
say.
Your aide lives with you. You claim NOT to know that he has in his
possession obscene materials. You make out a loan to your aide for
HIS FRIEND to do renovations to his house on the charity's account
and then make a conscious effort to cover it up with smoke and
mirrors. You give your aide supplementary credit cards and do not
make a record nor shown any effort in controlling the use of the
card.
I'm sorry. Ming Yi, i will just be blunt and say this. Either you
are a bloody gay or he's your illegitimate son. I'm voting for
gay.
And through all these, you still have the audacity to show up in
court time and again IN YOUR MONK ROBES.
Your credibility is gone. Your character is in question. Your
arrogance is disgusting. And yet, you find it justified to continue
soiling the very religion you have appeared to be so devoted to day
in and out by wearing those robes.
You should be defrocked, have your Fa Ming (Buddhist name) stripped
and be tried as a person in your own birth name and suffer the
consequences of your actions together with your boyfriend and may
you be sent to jail to have fun with him.
I'm sorry if my post offends any one of you. It's my personal view
and you are free to disagree with me.
But to me, this is just too much. Father Joachim kang, TT Durai and
now Ming Yi. How do you expect people to trust in good and their
religion anymore after your drama?
Jail is already too good for you.
James Lee
Article is not written by me, rather by one of my friends. Just
thought it was pretty interesting