[Buddha-l] Our correspondent on irreversible changes in Burma

[Bradley Clough]

Erik wrote:

>  A monk was
> quoted “I’d rather have democracy for our people than nirvana for 
> myself.”
> Has Theravada Buddhism changed?
>

Joanna wrote:

> The monk seems almost to be expressing a Mahayana view......


Gosh, folks, are we still buying into the first-century Mahayana 
polemics that all "Hinayanist" monks are completely selfish when it 
comes to spiritual goals? Metta for the other is a rather important 
part of Theravada, no?

Brad Clough
The American University in Cairo
bclough at aucegypt.edu