'sermon to monk'

[Guest guest]

The following news report appeared in the 'Times of India' dated

7-4-2001:

 

Colombo: Sri Lanka's supreme court has rapped a Buddhist monk on the

knuckles for seeking state employment instead of propagating the message

of Buddha.

The court rejected a petition by university graduate monk, Rupaha

Premananda, who argued that his fundamental rights had been violated

because the government failed to provide him with a job.

" If a monk wants employment he can give up the robes and take up a lay

job, " Chief Justice said. " There cannot be a question of unemployment

for monks. "