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Ridiculous Crime

Pray For Them: Buddhists Monks Behaving Badly

Ridiculous Crime

iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Comedy, History

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Buddhist Monks are supposed to be exemplars of the faith. Yet these days there has been a recent slew of headlines wherein the monks and abbots of temples have been caught in sextortion scandals and have been main players for cartel drug smuggling. What's up with all the meth-addicted monks, vow-violating fathers of love children, and not to mention the widespread corruption and embezzlement? These monks are shaking the faith of their followers and the true believers. 

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Zeran. So nice to see you. So good to see you. I got a question for you. Yes, sir. And that bright eyes and bushy-tail smile. Ding! Do you know what's ridiculous? I do know what's ridiculous. Lay it on a brother. Okay, you know how people who've been drinking smell like alcohol? Yeah, totally. You know, and like sometimes it's coming out of their pores. Yes, especially the next day. I have friends who definitely smell like bar rags. And like if you get pulled over, you know, it's not just the police will look at how you're driving as maybe an indication that you've been drinking, but they'll sniff. Oh, yeah, they definitely smell the air. Oh, I smell the alcohol. Have you been drinking today, sir?

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Yeah, well, so we got a problem here with, this is a mashup.

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And so you take, so I'm taking it.

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