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| | The Buddhist Channel | Opinion | Buddhist realism |
 | | How King Mongkut shook up the monkhood and set out stricter rules |
 | | Bangkok, Thailand -- One of the things that disturbed King Nangklao (1824-1851) was the sight of Dhammayuktinikaya monks wearing yellow robes in the Mon fashion. |
 | | So just before he died, he asked Wachirayan Bhikku, then Abbot of Wat Borwonnivet, to promise him that he would not force all the Maha Nikaya monks to wear the yellow robe. |
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