{"id":134846,"date":"2025-08-20T08:09:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=134846"},"modified":"2025-08-20T08:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T08:09:53","slug":"after-shaolin-temple-scandal-chinas-buddhists-urged-to-obey-law-and-pay-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=134846","title":{"rendered":"After Shaolin Temple scandal, China\u2019s Buddhists urged to obey law and pay taxes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBuddhists should obey the law, be patriotic, pay taxes and \u201cplay an active role in building the nation and society\u201d, China\u2019s Buddhist regulator said on Tuesday, speaking out for the second time this month about the disgraced abbot of Shaolin Temple.<br \/>\nIn a statement on its website, the Buddhist Association of China said that Shi Yongxin, the former abbot, had misappropriated and embezzled funds and temple assets, violated Buddhist regulations, and was suspected of criminal offences.<br \/>\n\u201cThis has&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3322500\/after-shaolin-temple-scandal-chinas-buddhists-urged-obey-law-and-pay-taxes?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostBuddhists should obey the law, be patriotic, pay taxes and \u201cplay an active role in building the nation and society\u201d, China\u2019s Buddhist regulator said&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134846"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}