This Week’s “On the Buddhism Beat” Post is Up at Shambhala Sun Space
by Danny Fisher
My latest “On the Buddhism Beat” post is now online over at Shambhala Sun Space. The biggest news developments this week revolved around what I called “rule-breakers.” One of these stories more than others dominated in the Buddhoblogosphere. Here’s a sample of what I had to say about that story:
As previously reported by our web editor Rod Meade Sperry [at Shambhala Sun Space], a group of Buddhist nuns were ordained during a ceremony at Bodhinyana Buddhist Monastery in Perth at the end of October. Ayya Tathaaloka was the preceptor, and Ajahn Brahm and Ajahn Sujato performed the “certifying acariya chanting in the bhikkhu’s part of the ceremony.” On November 1st, Ajahn Brahm was told by the leadership of Wat Pa Phong that Bodhinyana Monastery would be disavowed if he did not publicly state the ordination was invalid. When he refused, Bodhinyana Monastery was disavowed by Wat Pa Phong. Buddhist Bloggers “NellaLou” at Enlightenment Ward and “Arun” at Angry Asian Buddhist have been fantastic about compiling links to all the different responses, statements, etc.—take a look at their sites.
Read the rest here, and remember: your comments are always welcome!
