Thailand and Myanmar are renowned for having:   A more pure belief in classic Buddhism   Monks that adhere more strongly to the beliefs than in other asain countries   And Yet , more than other asian countries, a subset of monks that are fake, scammers, mouth-only, in it for the cash, or outright preaching heresy. I guess when you have such a strict regimen of belief, the ones that fall fall Totally Hard in the other direction.