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

[Franz Metcalf]

Gang,

> 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?

Well questioned. And I might add I've not heard of any mass protests by 
Mahayana monks in East Asia in non-dual solidarity with their brothers 
in Burma. (Of course I should add I've not heard of any large scale 
protests by the bordering sanghas of Thailand, either. I wonder why 
not? Is there a good vinaya reason for protest or its lack?)

With, as Brad says, metta,

Franz