True monks, pretentious people - the amulet industry where faith begins to become a commodity. "

"True monks, pretentious people - the amulet industry where faith begins to become a commodity."

by: aekdon

In the past, "amulet" was sacred, a symbol of Buddhism's faith, faith, and goodness, but now...It became one "market" that circulated with tens of billions a year - both white money, black money, and money that stained the interests of people who claimed faith.

"True monk" becomes a word that requires a camera to look at the flesh, look at the skin, look at the file rather than look at the "heart" of the bearer, some faith for fortune, some for the mouth, some for the mouth, some for the price, some monks are blessed to be sacred, some monks are beaten because there is no name in the market, even though the Buddha taught that "the real thing is in the mind," not in print.

This industry is full of "Xian" - but the word "Xian" today sometimes means "trick expert" rather than "real knower." Some people wear suits, carry magnifying cameras, but the mind is full of benefits and tricks, churn prices, create flows, mold narratives, sell faith to people to believe what they define to believe.

Amulets that used to be good became "toys" in the capital market, some called themselves "collectors," but behind them were "speculators," there were monks, there were capitalists, there were hands, there was a price, there was a limit from the monk's table to the gambling table.

In the end, this industry is not very different from Thai society - morality is undervalued, goodness is traded, and the word "true" becomes rarer than the millennial monk.

Thoughts

True gods don't have to revalue - but "real people" are starting to disappear from this industry.

Because if faith begins with gain, it is not faith...But it's "the business of covering the face of a monk."

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