>>17849573
It's getting bad though. I went to Thailand for a yuge spiritual journey, was considering being a lifelong monk. Ended up in Chiang Mai and went to this monastery that was built into a small mountain inside. Anyways the point is there were like Cell-phone billboards / advertisements sprawled throughout the caves / monastery. Was really off-putting, I was offended and not even Buddhist.
Worth mentioning but I had an intense moment in that monastery. I ended up in this almost hidden part of the monastery, alone, with a bunch of gold colored statues of monks in a meditating position. I was truly lost at this time in my life spiritually, I bowed and showed respect to the statues, and asked straight from my heart: "What should I do with my life?". Eyes closed, for a brief moment I felt as if the statues around me were energetic entities and they didn't tell me to be a monk, or an electrician, they told me: "Adventure".
I was doing that anyways and will always so it was more of a confirmation. I have absolutely no evidence to back up what I'm saying, was pure feelings.