tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post552170520613315015..comments2023-10-27T08:09:37.525-04:00Comments on Bhikkhu's Blog: Questions RaisedAjahn Punnadhammohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09660291919550183357noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-78869961314487364002010-03-17T16:19:34.622-04:002010-03-17T16:19:34.622-04:00Jesus is the true messiah. contact me at chsowell@...Jesus is the true messiah. contact me at chsowell@gmail.com or look at my website: www.virtuousredemption.spruz.comcsowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564961502759866386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-76243503564689607202010-02-26T03:50:28.751-05:002010-02-26T03:50:28.751-05:00Hi Marie
No doubt the good bhikkhu will have his ...Hi Marie<br /><br />No doubt the good bhikkhu will have his own answers (though he seldom seems to answer comments), but I think the thing you're are missing is 2000 years of history since the Pāli texts were written down, and another 400 years of oral tradition before that. The Theravāda views on women are not out of place in the countries were Theravāda finds it's home, except in the Jayaravahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815277098386812048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-26208817441394419442010-02-25T19:52:46.447-05:002010-02-25T19:52:46.447-05:00I know I'm (more than a little) late to the di...I know I'm (more than a little) late to the discussion, but I just wanted to say that I've just begun reading your blog Bhikku, and I'll definitely be looking forward to your future posts. <br /><br />As for the subject of this particular post; I am a complete beginner in all Buddhism, let alone Theravada Buddhism. I'm a young woman who has found Theravada after considering the Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583148434167063360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-319277449445920292010-01-29T11:26:53.168-05:002010-01-29T11:26:53.168-05:00Is sticking to one's view consider as extreme ...Is sticking to one's view consider as extreme path? If we practise "extremism", can we consider ourselves as Buddhists?<br /><br />I do not know what's the real reason for the big fuss over the ordination of the bhikhuni? Is it a cardinal sin? <br /><br />Anyway, all these issues will be a "PAST" one day!Sathirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15855129979090931462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-62362665866417258212010-01-15T06:51:44.950-05:002010-01-15T06:51:44.950-05:00"Happy Joyful Peaceful to Ajahn Chah Remembra..."Happy Joyful Peaceful to Ajahn Chah Remembrance Day on 16/1/10 in honour of our late Ajahn Chah who has inspired the many to walk the Buddha's 8-fold Noble Path. "May Ajahn Chah be in Nibbanic Bliss" - DiscipleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-63259145525084568162010-01-09T17:06:49.593-05:002010-01-09T17:06:49.593-05:00The RSS is enabled.
http://bhikkhublog.blogspot.co...The RSS is enabled.<br />http://bhikkhublog.blogspot.com/rss.xml<br /><br />Works fine for me.Jayaravahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815277098386812048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-60453414261969175562010-01-09T16:19:33.567-05:002010-01-09T16:19:33.567-05:00Regarding the request for RSS feed, I thought this...Regarding the request for RSS feed, I thought this was already enabled, I must be doing something wrong thenAjahn Punnadhammohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09660291919550183357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-17964371715283356962010-01-07T03:56:34.795-05:002010-01-07T03:56:34.795-05:00The present Thai Forest Sangha appeared out of a s...The present Thai Forest Sangha appeared out of a schism in the Old Thai Forest Sangha, immediately after the present Royal House usurped the Throne of Siam.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-28449573287920705292010-01-05T11:36:24.393-05:002010-01-05T11:36:24.393-05:00To quote BSWA:
“This is a staple part of the Fore...To quote BSWA:<br /><br />“This is a staple part of the Forest Tradition, which is why the Forest Tradition monks set up such strong boundaries between themselves and other monks. Outsider monks are treated as if they are only semi-ordained, since it is assumed that if monks do not come from the forest tradition, they are probably guilty of many Vinaya offences.”<br /><br />First of all, as Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17227074376961100857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-45835737445047561472010-01-01T04:22:17.701-05:002010-01-01T04:22:17.701-05:00I was surprised to read that Mara desk is http://w...I was surprised to read that Mara desk is http://www.abhayagiri.org:<br /><br />"From Mara’s Desk <br />By Cindy Mettika Hoffman<br /><br />'... The media industry is mine ...' <br /><br />Abhayagiri Monastery Newsletter Winter 2009"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-3262984087883103752009-12-31T08:43:46.271-05:002009-12-31T08:43:46.271-05:00Indian Buddhism is my lineage.
Thanks for your bl...Indian Buddhism is my lineage. <br />Thanks for your blog. <br />I am very happy to have found you in Internet.<br /><br />Buddha bless you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-81221430477194018552009-12-28T22:01:52.191-05:002009-12-28T22:01:52.191-05:00Sir,
Though this is unrelated to your post, I do ...Sir,<br /><br />Though this is unrelated to your post, I do not know where else to communicate with you.<br /><br />I would like to ask that you enable the RSS feed on your blog so as to make it more accessible and easier to keep up to date with. This can be done from within the blogger options menu. Thanks.<br /><br />-JamesUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06802767645377727999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-74752739244084194002009-12-21T05:35:34.934-05:002009-12-21T05:35:34.934-05:00Yes I agree.
For a long time WPP monks have refus...Yes I agree.<br /><br />For a long time WPP monks have refused to conduct ceremonies, sanghakamma, without outside monks, including those of the same Nikaya, the Mahanikaya.<br /><br />This is supposedly because they question the purity of those monks.<br /><br />BankeiBankeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159364047691762888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-71733375947360495822009-12-21T04:41:27.811-05:002009-12-21T04:41:27.811-05:00Bankei: "This may technically be a nikayabedh...Bankei: "This may technically be a nikayabedha if the 2 groups refuse to join Patimokkha recitation, but they will probably avoid this by not being in the same temples together."<br /><br />@Bankei If they refuse to join the recitation then that is <i>de facto</i> a nikayabedha. Yes? Why not acknowledge it? Why hide it? <br /><br />If they avoid being in the same temples together then Jayaravahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815277098386812048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-71810363305800782282009-12-21T04:19:53.348-05:002009-12-21T04:19:53.348-05:00Jayarava
I think a sanghabedha only occurs when m...Jayarava<br /><br />I think a sanghabedha only occurs when monks within the same siima conduct patimokkha separately. <br /><br />This may technically be a nikayabedha if the 2 groups refuse to join Patimokkha recitation, but they will probably avoid this by not being in the same temples together.<br /><br />BankeiBankeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159364047691762888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-92131755332875236062009-12-20T07:20:13.788-05:002009-12-20T07:20:13.788-05:00"""In twenty-five centuries and may..."""In twenty-five centuries and maybe half a dozen countries along the way there is plenty of room for anyone's ordination to be uncertain. Who is to say that every single ordination along the line was properly conducted in every particular? To let that stand in the way of practice would be very foolish."""- Bhikku's blog<br /><br />Dear Bhikku,so how are we Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02480106267595866678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-41987948184332896542009-12-20T04:43:13.399-05:002009-12-20T04:43:13.399-05:00"Who is to say that every single ordination a..."Who is to say that every single ordination along the line was properly conducted in every particular?"<br /><br />To adopt this view is to open quite a can of worms. There are other reasons why ordinations might not be valid as well. I know of at least one case where bhikkhus with unconfessed pārājika offences were involved in an upasampadā ceremony - thereby invalidating the Jayaravahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815277098386812048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-45344075065465991132009-12-19T07:11:25.897-05:002009-12-19T07:11:25.897-05:00Hi C,
Thank for your courteous and kind response ...Hi C,<br /><br />Thank for your courteous and kind response to my comments. <br /><br />You raise some interesting points, which are well worth considering!<br /><br />I am reminded once again of the folly of taking refuge in any view of any sort :)<br /><br />Wishing you all the very best,<br />BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-58254920924277500472009-12-19T05:07:38.102-05:002009-12-19T05:07:38.102-05:00With all due respect to B0, is that why families i...With all due respect to B0, is that why families in Thailand and Cambodia sell their daughters into prostitution - where is the good ole community spirit then? I've lived in Thailand and I wouldn't get too romantic about it. Sorry, I know that nowhere is perfect, but we strive towards better things by democracy, equality, liberty and value of each individual and their rights. Other Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885184021432099406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-72351888327026120572009-12-19T03:27:05.944-05:002009-12-19T03:27:05.944-05:00Why should we give credence to the Thai Dhammayut ...Why should we give credence to the Thai Dhammayut sect school's understanding of Vinaya, when they treat all non-Dhammayut monks as novices?<br /><br />Visakha KawasakiKen and Visakhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16713910044241151429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-82901341791223042872009-12-18T18:57:45.925-05:002009-12-18T18:57:45.925-05:00With all due respect to Ed Black,
I would disagre...With all due respect to Ed Black, <br />I would disagree with a number of things in your post.<br /><br />The 'Whole Western worldview' you praise is the one that has brought us the industrial-military complex, climate change, the rape of the environment for the sake of profit, the culture of celebrity and consumerism, the phenomenon of self-hatred (unknown in traditional Asian society), Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-47518408371812635662009-12-18T15:27:00.960-05:002009-12-18T15:27:00.960-05:00From Lama Tsewang
First I will tell about my self...From Lama Tsewang<br /><br />First I will tell about my self. I am Lama Tsewang . You can read my website, vancouvervinaya.org. My first teacher was Jyotidhamma who was one of Kema Ananda's teachers. And both were students of Namgyal Rinpoche. I first became a SaMANERA IN 1977 AND LATER A bHIKKHU after three year retreat, in 1955<br /> Right now my preceptor for my samanera precepts is a laoUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898777842629901887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-20347702145744388092009-12-18T10:02:01.471-05:002009-12-18T10:02:01.471-05:00From Facebook, a post from another person, referin...From Facebook, a post from another person, refering to a statement from x president carter and other western leaders - called - 'the Elders'........<br />What a beautiful statement from the Elders, and how fitting that it appears just at the time that the bhikkhuni controversy has erupted in the Western Theravada Sangha. When I first saw the headline "Equality for Women & Girls,&Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13885184021432099406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-7399884265618094412009-12-18T09:06:22.875-05:002009-12-18T09:06:22.875-05:00Actually, I think there might be an upside to Aj. ...Actually, I think there might be an upside to Aj. Brahmavamso's independence in that it might offer the perfect localized experiment to see how the bhikkhuni revival might work. Inevitably and predictably, the same people who are clamoring for bhikkhuni revival are going to start asking that changes be made to the bhikkhuni Vinaya. Will Bodhinyana succumb to the pressure to change the LVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11250134167270126842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22928991.post-26762347798946109652009-12-18T01:37:11.626-05:002009-12-18T01:37:11.626-05:00Dearest Bhikku, respectfully,
Thank you for your ...Dearest Bhikku, respectfully,<br /><br />Thank you for your clarifications and verifications, as we lay people are in a dilemma. <br /><br />On one hand, we were told that the Thai Forest Sangha declared that the Perth Bhikkhunis are now Mahayana, but on the other hand AB & his Bhikkunis still believe they belong to Theravada after the so called unilateral ordination.<br /><br />So,as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com