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This is a bit of an in-joke - Adam Tebbes, who runs the Sweeping Zen website is making a dig at Zen Forum International which moderated the discussion of Eido Shimano scandal and upset Adam, and generally has more of an hands-on moderation style than some (many?) like.

The folks who run it have contributed a lot of time and effort into the site and there is some good stuff that happens there, a few interesting teachers and practitioners, so I would not dismiss it as Nail Polish International. Moderation is always a hot issue and personally I am more of a hands-off kind of guy.
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:clap: pretty much nailed it :)
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Dan74 wrote:This is a bit of an in-joke - Adam Tebbes, who runs the Sweeping Zen website is making a dig at Zen Forum International which moderated the discussion of Eido Shimano scandal and upset Adam, and generally has more of an hands-on moderation style than some (many?) like.

The folks who run it have contributed a lot of time and effort into the site and there is some good stuff that happens there, a few interesting teachers and practitioners, so I would not dismiss it as Nail Polish International. Moderation is always a hot issue and personally I am more of a hands-off kind of guy.
Thanks - saves me the trouble of watching the video.

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Were they the folks who caused a bit of a ruction at old E-sangha?
Then,
saturated with joy,
you will put an end to suffering and stress.
SN 9.11
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So, there!
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James the Giant wrote:Were they the folks who caused a bit of a ruction at old E-sangha?
The disturbance was caused by the Vajrayana moderators attacking the Zennies.
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There were several Zen teachers whose understanding of some doctrinal issues such as the permanence or impermanence of enlightenment ran contrary to what E-Sangha admin team wanted to maintain. There was a conflict, but this is a separate issue to the one above. One of these teachers had been active as a moderator at ZFI for some time, that's all.
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Ben wrote:So, there!
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Ben wrote:
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So, there!
That, sir, is very very good!
Then,
saturated with joy,
you will put an end to suffering and stress.
SN 9.11
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