It is ashame for someone like you to conclude that they are taking the
cpp side. Read thoroughly before you open your mouth next time. I
think people voice their opinions because he was a want to be monk?
From others maybe he wanted to heard when writing to the phnom post?
Maybe he is a Sam rainsy member and wanted to attack cpp? You ever
thought of all the mentioned questions before you open your mouth?
Maybe you are also srp member too??
~ Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 24, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Khmer Young <[email protected]> wrote:
It is shameless for a bunch of people who are protecting their
absolute master like CPP and Vietnamese by relentlessly striking the
privacy of Sophan who wrote letters to the Phnom Penh Post.
His letters illustrated harmless to everyone particularly Cambodia
nation.
KY
On Jan 24, 4:19 pm, rattanakiri <[email protected]> wrote:
as a buddhist, you should know being poor and ugly is because of your
bad karma you did in the past. You should start as a good buddhist,
by not repeating the same bad karma like accusing people of wrong
doing
without any proof or because your bias, and hatred.
Heng Sombat wrote:
Sophan
My name is Sombat Heng resident of Irvine California. I have
information of you when I visited Honolulu. I met you at the so
called temple. You displayed a questionable character. I know
you,
but you not know me. You would know me because I was poor and
look old.
Sent from my iPhone
On Jan 23, 2010, at 7:09 AM, sophan <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Everyone;
I don't understand why there are endless arguments and privacy
attacks
in here by our Khmer compatriots who have used their anonymous
nickname such as thisbugone, heng sombath, pierre hendri etc. If
I was
not wrong, Rattanakiri is Dr. Narrankiri Tith (but please correct
me).
My letter to the Phnom Penh Post is not about my dorm stay or
personal/
private life. It is about part of my opinion to fully exercise our
citizen rights and freedom of expression in a democratic nation.
The
letters are also filtered and edited by the PPP before they were
published. Why do they choose this private life to argue here? Is
it
called privacy attacking or knowledge improvement? I want to see
any
possible approaches which we (Khmers) can bring productive
outcomes to
our community and nation rather than malicious speech.
Otherwise, if someone wants to know what is exactly operating
inside
the dorm please click this link:
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/about-ewc/housing/student-housing/
and don't forget to read the "Resident Conduct Code". Look at the
picture and the room inside this link:
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/about-ewc/housing/housing-facilities/
There are 12 floors. The 9th and 10th floor is for male students
only,
and the 5th and 6th floor for female only. The rests are for mix
and
couples. When I was a monk, I stayed in the 9th floor. During that
time, many Cambodian-Americans living in Hawaii took turn to bring
food and pacchai boun (four necessities) to offer to me almost
every
week. I am really grateful and appreciate with their Saddha
(dedication) and Panna (wisdom) in Buddhism.
Overall, I am appreciate and grateful with everyone who have
expressed
concerns about me in both personal life and academic study.
Sincerely,
Sophan
On Jan 23, 8:54 am, Pierre Henri de Poipet <[email protected]>
wrote:
It's not fine for monks to live in the dorm with females, only for
normal guys like us.
How can we party, listen to AC/DC, drink Bud, smoke, watch porn
and
eat dinner or score if monks are around ?
Joe, from Poipet
________________________________
De : thisbugone <[email protected]>
: [email protected]
Envoy le : Ven 22 Janvier 2010, 16 h 57 min 45 s
Objet : Re: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post
Off campus housing is not the same as the dorm. What kind of
pills
are you taking while writing the email below? If one chose to
be a
monk one must follows by its religion.
On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:55 PM, rattanakiri
<[email protected]>
wrote:
I went to college once. I know these co-ed international student
dorms are like an apartment building. Everyone has his or her own
room. This is far from what you have implied. Even if he decided
to
live off campus, it is the same setting. Each apartment complex is
going to females and males residence. Where do you think he should
stay? Freshmen dorm?
Heng Sombat wrote:
Hey Rattankiri,
You miss the whole picture here. Monks are subjected to be a
pure person
that we all respect and trust during his period of serving his
monkship
regardless young or old. If you claim that it is fine for a
monk to live in
the same dorm with female(s), I must say that you have lost
track and you do
not have any believes in Buddhism. Or you are pretending to
be
Buddhism. Or
you are an idiot just like what "thisbugone" said. Please
check
with your
parents about Buddhism before you response.
Sombat
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf
Of thisbugone
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 11:23 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post
Monk and women can stay together lol. You must be an idiot!
On Saturday, January 16, 2010, rattanakiri
<[email protected]> wrote:
Some people may not realize it but speak ill of someone
including making a
harsh and quick judgement unfairly on someone is unbecoming a
buddisht. Remember, Buddha teaching speak rightly only.
In a poor country like Cambodia, monastery life is a way
out of
poverty
and a chance for a proper education. In fact, many celebrated
Khmer leaders
and scholars owed their career to their days in as a monk. I
think not any
Cambodians would be shocked if a monk rejoins his civilian
life. Cambodian
buddhists offer money, food to monks in order to receive good
karma,
blessing. Should the monks refund the money, foods back if he
returns to
civilian life. Would you expect the monk perform a return of
good karma,
blessing back to heaven from those people? Give me a break.
Savouth Chea wrote:
Aloha,
As a resident of Hawaii, which Sophan Seng claims he
represents, I wanted
to share my observations, thoughts, and also questions about his
motives.
Unfortunately, I didn't like what I saw of him, and I only
foresee further
disruption.
Sophan Seng came to Hawaii to further his education back in
2006. The
first time he set foot in Hawaii, I introduced him to some
Cambodian
community members since he was a Khmer new to the island.
Some
knew his
background from the past and had their opinions (good but
mostly
bad), but I
tried not to take people's word for it. As months progressed,
however, I
came to see that the warnings I had heard were true. First,
he
used the
Buddhist religion to advance himself rather than becoming a
monk
selflessly
in dedication to Buddha. How do I know this? While
attending the
University of Hawaii, he lived in a co-educational dormitory.
One may think
this is not a big deal nowadays, but should a monk put himself
in the
company and living quarters of females? Is this appropriate?
He often
flirted with young female members of our community and made
inappropriate
comments - causing some of our youth and their parents to
become
very upset!
He was affiliated with a so-called temple in Hawaii,
and performed
Buddhist ceremonies. That was reasonable because he was a
monk,
right? But
in 2009, he visited Cambodia from Hawaii, ostensibly still a
monk, but came
back to the United States only a couple of months later with a
wife! Prior
to his trip back to Cambodia, he told members of the community
in Hawaii
that he was going there to represent and gain support for the
temple and the
Buddhist religion. The temple committee gave him $400, and
some
individual people also gave him money, since he was a monk
and/or student.
Poor him, right? When he came back with a wife, people were
shocked. Did
he care? Apparently not. He did not attempt to explain
himself
nor
apologize for using the monies to go back to Cambodia to get
married. No,
he used religion for personal gain. Sad but true.
To people that do not know him, Sophan Seng represents
himself
as a
community facilitator. To be a facilitator, ideally one has
to be
neutral, or at least try to maintain neutrality. Instead, he
openly
expresses his opinion about Cambodian politics. In fact, even
as a monk,
whose studies are supposed to focus on learning and
internalizing Buddhist
principles and the path to peace, he chose to pursue a
degree in
/political
science/. Most if not all of the articles he has written to
the Phnom Penh
Post (PPP) discuss politics. At the close of each of his
articles, he
signed "Sophan Seng, University Hawaii at Manoa, United
States," or
"Cambodian Students of Aloha" (the University's student
organization). This might indicate that his opinions echo
those of other Khmer at the
University of Hawaii. They do not. Again, he is not
representing the
university, Khmer in Hawaii, or the United States of America.
He used these
closures to make himself look good with outside parties. Not
all Khmer in
Hawaii (or elsewhere in the United States) agree with him.
In his previous correspondence, Sophan stated, If you want to
know me
more, go to these links. The links he provided,
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~csaloha/officers.html
...
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