[Buddha-l] Meanwhile Down Under

[Richard Hayes]

On Nov 4, 2009, at 2:24 AM, Weng-Fai Wong wrote:

> On Sunday 1 November at Wat Pah Pong (the head monastery of the Ajahn
> Chah tradition) Ajahn Brahm and his monastery Bodhinyana were formally
> expelled from Wat Pah Pong for performing bhikkhuni ordination.

There have been very few times in my life in which I have been  
embarrassed to be a Buddhist, but this is certainly one of them. Oh  
well, it's always nice to have yet another event in this world that  
provides an opportunity to work on cultivating the virtue of patience.