Monks receive luxury car as gift

in today's newspapers, some people made comments after the Shaolin monk receive a luxury car as gift. some people felt that the monk shouldn't have receive the gift.
i was thinking: (anyway, a fren told me this....)

Monks in Thailand do eat meat. (Shock! thought monks not suppose to eat meat) yes, you are right, the monks go out every morning to ask for food, so they are eating what people has offered them. It would be wrong for the monk not to eat what people has given to them. so who is in the wrong? the person who gave the food. If you know that a monk cannot eat meat, then why give meat to the monk?

same as the above, if you know that monk should not own secular things, much said about a luxury car, then why give a luxury car as a gift? so the Shaolin monk was technically not wrong to accept the gift.

also, i do hear that for monks, their body is not theirs to own, what matters is the soul, the enlightenment of their soul.

ok, my mind is very heavy now, too philosophical for the day.