Photos posted by Thich Thanh Cuong on his Facebook page show him opening a brand new iPhone 6 at a mobile phone store in Hai Duong
The Buddhist sangha in the northern province of Hai Duong has dismissed the head of a district sangha for posting several photos depicting a lavish life on his Facebook page.
Thich Thanh Cuong, chief monk at the Cuong Xa Pagoda in Hai Duong, will no longer head of the Tu Ky District Buddhist Management Board, news website Dan Tri reported Thursday.
Cuong was issued a warning by the provincial sangha that stipulated he would continue to head his pagoda.
The monk sparked an avalanche of criticism by posting pictures of himself opening a brand new iPhone 6 at a Hai Duong mobile phone store, talking on a luxury Vertu phone, posing in combat fatigues, with a luxury car, “hotboys” and exotic foreign locales.
A photo shows Thich Thanh Cuong dressed in camouflage combat clothes next to a Jeep Superior monk Thich Quang Tung, head of the Hai Duong Buddhist Management Board, told
Dan Tri that the board launched an investigation into Cuong’s actions after his photos went viral on the internet.
Tung said the inappropriate acts tarnished the prestige of Buddhist monks and violated the principals of the religion.
He added that Cuong had already been censured for inciting others to defame the provincial sangha leaders and failing to follow rules.
For those misdeeds, he was removed from his post as spokesman of the sangha’s management board.
Cuong wasn’t included on the provincial Buddhist Sangha’s Management Board for the 2012-2017 term, Tung said.
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