Buddhist monks defended themselves with a coat hanger – and their own “stay calm” philosophy – when armed goons stormed their Brooklyn temple in a pathetic heist that netted them a measly few hundred bucks.
Despite the ordeal that four monks at Watt-Samakki-Dhammikaram temple in Flatbush faced at the hands of five low-rent thieves on Sunday, they only wish the callous crew will some day change their criminal ways.
“I want to send a message that we do love and kindness for all the people who do good and who do bad,” Suthea Kong told The Post Monday, a day after the low-yield heist.
“We want them to give up all the bad things in daily life,” Kong added. “You have to work. You have to find money appropriately in daily life.”
The thieves were decked out in ski masks and dark clothing when they burst open the backdoor of the temple around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, then raced inside with a handgun and long knife, monks told The Post.