Here I am sitting in the most crowded cafe in Bandung. Beautiful place it is. With comfortable plush sofa and wood-hard armrest. Semi-romantic ambience, perfect for dating, with 26 celcius temperature and wind blowing periodically.
Then I noticed it. There are 2 lady bhikkhus, or buddhists call bhikkhunis, accompanied by another 3 unsignificant people. However, the bhikkhunis are fat. like 100-120 kg fat and height around 150-155 cm. Having learned about bhikkhus and what they practice during high school time, I can’t help but wonder.
Are bhikkhunis allowed to be fat? The same goes for bhikkhus (male one.)
Aren’t they supposed to be abstaining from worldly desires, such as desire for food?
From what I learned, any food they eat, will be eaten with care as such not to be eaten as delicacy. Food is just to survive, I reckon.
Then I thought, in such a short time, there can only be 3 explanations:
– they have been fat before they join the Sangha (basically the brotherhood of bhikkhus)
– they are not careful in their practices
– medical issues, though unlikely since there are both of them
– fake bhikkhunis
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