Buddhist Monks
From TheBuddhism.Net
We have no right to insult or talk against monks who use their saffron robes to carry forward the Buddhist Order. It is a sin. According to our Great Buddha, though we cannot talk against corrupt monks, we have the right to boycott them. But before that, one should ask oneself honestly whether he has a better virtue and insight than the monks. Boycotting corrupt monks means remain seated when such monks enter the room and not revering them.
Since we give alms to Buddha’s noble disciples, not to an individual, giving alms to even a corrupt monk who represents the Buddha’s noble disciples give great merit. We must do so without thinking the quality of the individual.
The sermons we hear have been preached by our great Buddha. What is more important is the Buddha’s preachings, not who the preacher(monk) is. We must respect and be grateful to him for imparting with his knowledge despite his impiety because still there are people in this world who find the eternal bliss (Nirvana) by listening to those sermons.
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That makes sense if someone though has faults but in relation to them are we any better if we are not then we should not criticise. Plus if we give or support anyone it should be done without any attachment.
Yes we should give without any form of attachment
This is really short but it is a powerful teaching and explanation on how not to denigrate any monk. As lay people, we are very quick to judge monks especially monks who teach and monks who beg for money on the street. There is of course conmen who wear the saffron robes in order to collect donations and there are teachers who teach but do not hold their vows.
Instead of putting these monks down, it would be best to deal with the monastery that they come from or not to support and donate to these monks. It is true that even if the monks broke some vows, they still maintain many other vows that are unbroken and are still worthy of respect and veneration. We have to be careful in how we handle such situations so we ourselves don’t disrespect the monks or develop wrong views about them. After all, they hold much more vows than we do.