Posts Tagged ‘ego’

Buddhism is certainly the hardest pill to swallow. Everything about us screams out against the middle way, trying always to find some way to make things permanent, satisfying or controllable. We push and pull, trying to make things go our way, never realizing that we are but dust in the wind, tossed about [...]

More fun with Buddhist Monasticism.
So I really did think a bit about the whole woman ordination thing while in the forests of Thailand… here’s some more thoughts:

It seems pretty clear in my mind that we (men monks) shouldn’t be eager to ordain women; it doesn’t say much of an ascetic that he turns around and [...]

Here’s my opinion on the Bhikkhuni thing:
I think we should look at the options… breaking rules is not cool, ever. But there are ways of changing the rules I think, at least temporarily… the Buddha left the sangha in charge and, as I said, I don’t see any reason for not putting it to a [...]

On my ordination day, I thought, “I’m the perfect monk.” After about a month of messing up, I realized that I really had been mistaken, but now I was a really good monk, after one month. Then, a year later, I realized I’d really been naive. But now, one year into it, [...]