Sept. 10, have been scratched and. this fs one 'An idol made of goto is silaged to of the ton charges framed by the monks of the Lunghwa Temple in yet another serious Buddhist. dispute' Shanghai The monks. are trying oust their chief, Abbot! Fang Hwa, whom they themselves invited "to head" the monastery about a year ago. The big and old temple "has unani Jeaks and: the chief monk has fated tg make necessary repairs as promised, So they declare an ap Rouncement' in which they openly threaten to sue their leader in court.
stated that Jast\ year, when Abbot Fang Hwa applied for the position of the ehlet monk of the temple, ho signed a six-point agreement with, lig monks but it is alleged that after hho has assumed his duties, he fatled to keep his promises. He' is alleged to have collected contributions, the Accounts, of which he has not made public, "en rooms "of "the temple have been destroyed on the pretext of renovation and the chiot monk
posed of property belonging to the even, allened to) have scerelly" alstemple.
Buddha "Kidnapped"
'The most sorfous charge fs probably the one in. which the. monks allege that the.ehief monk has wile fully allowed rain to fall on the head of the Buddha' worshipped in the temple to enable him (9 give a reas son for collecting contributions from Buddhists. By doing so, it is alleged, the chief mon simply takes Buddha asa "kidnapeing victim." it's stated, 'Meanwhile the' dispute over the control of the Bubbling Well Temple
oust "the new chief monk following _whieh an aged" monk wants the death of the late Abbot Tze Wen, ate chief monk of the temple, is still unseltied with the new chief monk making another - announcement counteract the statement made by the old monk. The new chiot menic insists that the old monk has nothing to do with the temple and that his position as the superintendent of the Hemple does riot exist as a result of 2 courts suit "concluded long ago.
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