Quote Originally Posted by Lucas View Post
wasnt it a gift anyway? it would be extremely rude to not make use of the gift.
right, many people just have the strangest ideas of what a monk should and should not do. (ironically, none of them have the faintest clue of what precepts the monks actually take)

i remember one monk who one day was waiting to cross the street and took a glance at his watch. just then a woman approaching said to him; "monks shouldnt be concerned with time."