In an excellent article (and photo gallery), the Wall Street Journal chronicled the bizarre story of Buddhist Monk Phra Bunphithak Jomthong. Monk Jomthong is facing deportation because, according to the government, he engaged in unauthorized employment at his temple. What did he do? Monk Jomthong was “volunteering his religious services and physical energy to make …

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