BANGKOK - 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.
The 35-year-old monk, whose name was withheld for privacy reasons,
allowed medical staff at Maharaj hospital, 780km 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,' Dr
Prawing said by telephone.
He declined to comment on the monk's erection, which Bangkok-based
Kom Chad Luk tabloid reported on its website. -- REUTERS
(Straits Times Nov 22)
