170 kids. 41 billion. Gotta give him a LITTLE credit lol.
170 kids. 41 billion. Gotta give him a LITTLE credit lol.
The Chinese government is conducting a multiagency investigation of Shi’s behavior since his election to lead the temple in 1999.
As his profile rose, he came under more intense scrutiny from within his own religious tradition.
Images of his travels, riding in luxury cars with an iPhone in hand, proved uncomfortable for fellow believers in a faith centered on asceticism and self-imposed poverty.
Buddhist clergy and laity accused Shi of commercializing the sacred tradition, a criticism that the CEO monk hand-waved as naive.
Concrete allegations of impropriety first arose in 2011, when he was investigated for similar charges to his current legal woes: luxury properties overseas, illicit love affairs, fathering children outside of marriage, and financial embezzlement.
> The Chinese government is conducting a multiagency investigation of Shi’s behavior since his election to lead the temple in 1999.
> As his profile rose, he came under more intense scrutiny from within his own religious tradition.
> Images of his travels, riding in luxury cars with an iPhone in hand, proved uncomfortable for fellow believers in a faith centered on asceticism and self-imposed poverty.
> Buddhist clergy and laity accused Shi of commercializing the sacred tradition, a criticism that the CEO monk hand-waved as naive.
> Concrete allegations of impropriety first arose in 2011, when he was investigated for similar charges to his current legal woes: luxury properties overseas, illicit love affairs, fathering children outside of marriage, and financial embezzlement.
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