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by Jill Rayna, DharmaCreek Sangha, Jenner, CA, The Buddhist Channel, November 13, 2009
As a lay supporter of the bhikkhunis, I very much appreciate your thoughtful analysis of the troubles that have beset the greater sangha as a result of the recent bhikkhuni ordination in Perth.
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by Robert Coyner, Seattle, WA USA, The Buddhist Channel, Nov 11, 2009
I know it must be very difficult with the various views, emotions, and issues within the debate going on with the Thai Forest Tradition.
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by Robert Van Kirk, Los Angeles, USA, The Buddhist Channel, Nov 11, 2009
First I'd like to thank you for the service of the Buddhist Channel, I've been following for over a year now and get most, if not all of my up-to-date news on Buddhism from your website. I'm very appreciative of this offering you have given us.
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by Helen Abadzi, The Buddhist Channel, Nov 11, 2009
The issue of the Thai bikkhuni ordination and excommunication is very similar to the Episcopalian church dilemmas about ordaining women.
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by Visakha Kawasaki, Kandy, Sri Lanka, The Buddhist Channel, Oct 16, 2009
Nobody wants to be thought naive. I certainly do prefer facts to speculation, expecially those that tend to blame the victims.
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by Ven Dharmakara, Los Angeles, CA, The Buddhist Channel, Oct 13, 2009
Even though Visakha Kawasaki brought up some excellent points, I believe that the Ven. Kobutsu Malone is correct that it might be wise to be suspicious of the recent Bat Nhan Monastery stories, especially since many have decided to take sides simply by applying an "us against them" mentality, the "us" being the greater Buddhist community at large.
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by Visakha Kawasaki, Kandy, Sri Lanka, The Buddhist Channel, Oct 6, 2009
It seems to me that Ven. Kobutsu Malone (Deep Questioning: The Kalama Sutta Comes Alive) might be rather naive about the situation in Vietnam when he accuses Ven. Thich Nhat Hanh and his followers of employing a “well-oiled propaganda machine” to tell of what is happening to them.
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by Rohan Silva, London, UK, The Buddhist Channel, Oct 6, 2009
I am a Sri Lankan Buddhist living and working in UK. I am a reader of the Buddhist Channel regularly.
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by Ven Kobutsu Malone, The BUddhist Channel, Oct 2, 2009
Sedgwick, ME (USA) -- In keeping with the spirit of the Kalama Sutta, it is perhaps wise to be very suspicious of the recent Bat Nhan Monastery stories out of Vietnam. It appears the "Buddhist world" is getting behind the Thich Nhat Hanh followers without question. There are however, a lot of questions:
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