Bangkok Podcast 69: Do You Believe What You Believe?

On our last episode our Buddhism series with Venerable Pandit
Bhikku, we switch things up a bit and let Pandit interview us for
a change. As someone who has always been curious about what
regular layfolk like ourselves think about eastern religion, he
quizzes us on our thoughts on monastic life and the orange-robed
monks that we see everyday but often don't take much time to
understand.


Phra Pandit asks us if we believe in God and if we, in fact,
believe what we believe, which is one of the key introspective
aspects of Buddhism. Needless to say, it gets a bit deep as Tony,
Greg and Pandit debate the meaning of belief and the freedom to
choose if you even want to believe in anything.


Phra Pandit also asks us some less esoteric questions such as -
can monks wear jeans? How about ride a bicycle? Smoke? Go
computer shopping? You might be surprised to find that even monks
can't agree on the answers.


And don't forget to join us at for the Bangkok Podcast Farewell
Dinner on Saturday, September 10, at Basilico restaurant on
Sukhumvit soi 33 to say goodbye to Greg and Tony and meet some of
the guests of the show.