[Buddha-l] Another One Bites the Dust

[Franz Metcalf]

Dear All,

Thanks, Sally, for clarifying that that quote was of Ford, not you. I really respect Ford Roshi on this and other matters. He, indeed, was the first to publish an open letter to the Board of the Zen Studies Society, calling on them to dismiss Shimano Roshi. That puts him squarely on the side of truth, justice, and the American way.

Cheers,

Franz

On Mar 3, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Sally McAra wrote:

> Hi all, thanks for the response Franz, but just to clarify - perhaps I
> didn't make it clear enough that the three paragraphs of text were an
> excerpt from the blog post. So it's not my wording, it's that of James
> Ford (who is far more eloquent than I could ever be on the topic!).
> But I agree with him in general. And of course, it's not just *zen*
> teachers - there are teachers in other Buddhist schools/lineages who
> have similarly abused the trust that their students placed in them,
> and sanghas that have failed to speak out against it, or even
> attempted to justify it.
> cheers
> Sally
> 
> On 4 March 2013 12:42, Franz Metcalf <franz at mind2mind.net> wrote:
>> Dear Denizens,
>> 
>> Sally McAra wrote
>> 
>>> But, if there's much good coming with this, it is that we will look at
>>> teachers from now on with different eyes. Not completely, of course,
>>> there are already those who say "real" teachers are incapable of
>>> misbehavior. They are simply putting off their own sad discoveries
>>> about what it means to be human..."
>> 
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