A monk can be disrobed for four grave offences, likened to cutting a palmyrah palm from its stem-JO

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The Joint Opposition yesterday continued its criticism of the government over presenting Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera in prison attire, saying that the disrobing of a Buddhist monk was not a matter to be decided by a court but should be determined according to the procedures laid down in Buddhist monastic discipline, or Vinaya. ..