After a few days of keeping silence about the bhikkhuni-trouble, even in mind, and after a trip to the monastery where i spent my first parivara, i'm back to town.
It was sooo good to be in the forest again. Before i went i got sick a little but there, in nature, it dissapeared.
There was a very, very sick dog. Don't know what kind of desease it got. So much suffering. It got blind and can't move the legs, moving must be painful. We fed it with the meat we received and it was so grateful. But at one point i thought for the poor being it would almost be better to be left alone, dying. trying it to keep it alife with this desease must be torture.
@ anonymus
May your practice and your keeping the 8 precepts lead you to the end of suffering. All the best for you.
@ budd tcw ha
Our connection seems to be quite good, i received your message before you've sent it and started to keep silence about this topic even in mind. Yes, too much opinion, too much akusala. May it be as it is and come what may.
@branko
Thank you, dear, understanding and good wishes are very much appreciated.
@tinh quang
I wait for your mail. on fb? And hope you are very well. How is not-self doing :o)
@ manfred
I wrote a looong answer to your comment but deleted it then. Enough i said. But thank you for you comment.
Hast du mal in einem der kloester ajahn chah's practiziert? Warst/bist du moench?
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- Phalañānī
- former actrice and comedian for a long time quit stage and audience some years ago to live a peaceful and quiet life in a small village in spain. Actually i'm ordained as a theravada buddhist nun.
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Karania Metta Sutta
This is what should be done By one who is skilled in goodness, And who knows the path of peace: Let them be able and upright, Straightforward and gentle in speech, Humble and not conceited, Contented and easily satisfied, Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways. Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful, Not proud or demanding in nature. Let them not do the slightest thing That the wise would later reprove. Wishing: In gladness and in safety, May all beings be at ease. Whatever living beings there may be; Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none, The great or the mighty, medium, short or small, The seen and the unseen, Those living near and far away, Those born and to-be-born — May all beings be at ease! Let none deceive another, Or despise any being in any state. Let none through anger or ill-will Wish harm upon another. Even as a mother protects with her life Her child, her only child, So with a boundless heart Should one cherish all living beings; Radiating kindness over the entire world: Spreading upwards to the skies, And downwards to the depths; Outwards and unbounded, Freed from hatred and ill-will. Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down Free from drowsiness, One should sustain this recollection. This is said to be the sublime abiding. By not holding to fixed views, The pure-hearted one, having clarity of vision, Being freed from all sense desires, Is not born again into this world.
2 comments:
Dear Phalanyani,
I was a monk for two years in the Mahasi tradition in Burma, some 10 years ago. I felt never very much attracted to other traditions than Mahasi. I found my stay in Burma the best thing in my life, but I don't think Bhikkhuhood was central to progress in meditation. What was very inspiring (and a bit embarrassing at the same time) was the veneration and support one gets especially as a Westerner in Burma. I felt very obliged to the good people which made my stay possible. As a nun or layman you maybe don't get the same veneration but the same support - at least at the place I stayed in, Chanymay Yeikhtah. Good place.
With Metta,
Manfred
Did you contact Bhikkuni Kusuma in Sri Lanka for the possibility of ordination? She has started Bhikkuni ordination in Sri Lanka after a long break.
Also, Sister Vayama in Australia who is a student of Ven Ayya Khema.
Good luck
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