[Buddha-l] Meanwhile Down Under

[Weng-Fai Wong]

I sense another of "East vs West" split here. For Western Buddhists, having
a bhikkhuni Sangha seems urgent, if not a must. For a lot of Asian Buddhists
(esp. in Theravadan countries), however, it seems less pressing. In Thailand
itself, the Sangha council there faced little or no (local) pressure in
saying "no" to it.

W.F. Wong

> -----Original Message-----
> From: buddha-l-bounces at mailman.swcp.com [mailto:buddha-l-
> bounces at mailman.swcp.com] On Behalf Of Richard Hayes
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 3:29 PM
> To: Buddhist discussion forum
> Subject: Re: [Buddha-l] Meanwhile Down Under
> 
> 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.
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