StormBorn wrote: ↑Sat Sep 08, 2018 1:12 am
fornoxe wrote: ↑Fri Sep 07, 2018 6:30 pm
I made a bouddha statue of himself. I could not find any word.
That why I 'm thinking to find a western monk in Sri Lanka in fact. 18days left before leaving.
But thanks for links StormBorn. And Sarah obviously
Ah, the common mistake: Western monks are better than Asians! A local friend at Immigration Dep. Made a funny remark that they already kicked several Western monks out of the country having caught unmonkish interactions with females/nuns.
Let me share with you one last experience. Last year I visited the Hillside Hermitage in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Locals are very impressed with these “foreign monks” as they come to the village for alms. The monks also tried to impress us with some “deep forest Dhamma” while their pet dogs trying to climb to their bodies. But I was put off by the number of well groomed fat dogs and puppies there, where the kids from their alms round village seems to be suffering from malnutrition! Also, the monks appeared to be into body building. Later, I visited their
Facebook page and goodness heavens, I found images of large Amino Acid supplement bottles (to increase muscle mass) along with kettlebells caught on camera while they photo shoot their dogs! That time their photo count was around 4,000, which was about 10+ per day. But I checked now and all the posts before June 2018 were deleted. There seems to be some attempt of a whitewash.
In the May of 2017, the abbot says that "they also receive funding from kind people who follow their activities on Facebook.":
https://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/weste ... nkan-wilds
There’s no refuge other than the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Ariyas.
Some photos:
OK, this one, but you have also Island hermitage (polgasduva). For hillside, i dont want to say asian are better or not. My idea is just westerner monk decided and quit everything to have this life. They choose it. For some asian people, maybe they dont have the same choice. Or its much easier to them. So, MAYBE (!!) we can find more """"pure"""" westerner monk than asian. BUT asian monk are monk since they are child and they are not touch with consumption society like we can be (bodybuilding for ex.)
So yeah, first I was plan to go and stay in Sri Lanka. Now, I will go in India and see whats happen in tibetan buddhism. For 6 months also.
You're last sentance was funny. Refuge in Ariyas. Yes, sure. But where about? I will travel with plenty of books (7kg). I bought books from and speaking about ariyas in all buddhism tradition (theravada mahayana) but also in islam and catholic way. For exemple I bought the perfection path from therese d'avila.