Member Akuma Posted June 6, 2010 Member Share Posted June 6, 2010 News from IMDB : On Friday, May 28, actor and renowned martial artist Tony Jaa rode an elephant to a Buddhist temple in Surin, Thailand. He then shaved his head, took vows, and was officially ordained as a Buddhist monk. Anyone who has seen his most recent film Ong Bak 2 will not be surprised by this news. The guy has a thing for elephants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member OldPangYau Posted June 6, 2010 Member Share Posted June 6, 2010 News from IMDB : On Friday, May 28, actor and renowned martial artist Tony Jaa rode an elephant to a Buddhist temple in Surin, Thailand. He then shaved his head, took vows, and was officially ordained as a Buddhist monk. Anyone who has seen his most recent film Ong Bak 2 will not be surprised by this news. The guy has a thing for elephants. Looks like the ending of the original Ong Bak was a bit of a foreshadowing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Athena Posted June 6, 2010 Member Share Posted June 6, 2010 News from IMDB : On Friday, May 28, actor and renowned martial artist Tony Jaa rode an elephant to a Buddhist temple in Surin, Thailand. He then shaved his head, took vows, and was officially ordained as a Buddhist monk. Anyone who has seen his most recent film Ong Bak 2 will not be surprised by this news. The guy has a thing for elephants. Hey Guys ! There is a similar interesting thread in Modern Martial Arts Cinema started by TAPP , with some good links /interesting posts you may want to check it out ? Athena Tony Jaa is now a monk...by The Amazing Psycho Per http://twitchfilm.net/news/2010/05/o...e-monkhood.php http://thaifilmjournal.blogspot.com/...-monkhood.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member VenomsFan Posted July 26, 2010 Member Share Posted July 26, 2010 Sometimes the picture is SO much bigger than just martial arts movies. Jet Li on TIME magazine cover twice "Life After Life Seven years before, at the age of 34 — when he stood upon the summit of the Chinese film world but had yet to venture into international markets — Li was already having existential ruminations. "I started thinking about life," he says. "I started wondering what it is people want. Is it money, power or fame? Is it to see yourself in TIME?" Over the next seven years his fame increased exponentially, but he was unable to completely enjoy it and ended up engaging over 20 different Buddhist teachers. "The main idea taught by the different kinds of Buddhism," he says, "is that the lower you put yourself on the priority level, the happier you become." Surveying the wrecked lobby of his Maldives hotel, Li recalled this lesson, and decided that philanthropy — a thing he had vaguely imagined doing in retirement — was not something that could be indefinitely deferred. Three years later, he had cleared his film commitments and established the One Foundation." Source TIME Magazine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member VenomsFan Posted August 1, 2010 Member Share Posted August 1, 2010 Tony Jaa & the Monks of Surin fovLvTE79-I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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