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#3 Buddhist Monks are in action on Twitter!

In this lesson, I introduce one web video news about actions by some Japanese Buddhist monks which became popular topic in January 2019.

According to the news, a monk received a traffic ticket because he drove a car in his robe. The monk and his temple did not accept to pay the penalty insisting that it is very normal and totally safe for them to drive a car in their robe, and it will be very inconvenient if they cannot drive a car anymore in their robes.

Several other monks from all over Japan uploaded various video clips on twitter with a hashtag #僧衣でできるもん（"Soui de dekirumon" = I can do this in my robe!). In these video clips, they are showing them doing juggling, Skipping ropes, Skate boarding etc. in their robes.


Key Words
"Bukkyo" 仏教 = Buddhism
"Souryo" 僧侶 , "Oboosan"お坊さん = Buddhist Monks, Priest
"Soui"　僧衣 = Buddhist Monks' Robe
"Koutsuu Ihan" 交通違反　=  Traffic rule violation

Original Video
TBS News on You Tube (From News23 on 8 January 2019)
https://youtu.be/0qHomsrGyjg


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