Volovsky wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:32 amI'm not about this topic, but an out the reason why you are eager to find faults in my posts.
My posts are on-topic and pertinent. They are unrelated to anything "personal". I regarded the post or view submitted (by you) as faulty because it ignored the matters of "lineage and "benefaction". When it is attempted to make things "pure", pieces of "Sangha" get cut off, like the Ajahn Brahm bhikkhuni matter. Also, I provided another opinion. Don't make it personal. Its a battle of views. MN 122 explains why "Ajahn" is an appropriate title and also explains why a Teacher finds faults. The answers to your questions are found in MN 122.
Volovsky wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 12:32 am
But anyway, the way Buddha refers to himself is irrelevant. Show me the suttas, where Sariputta or Moggalana were refered by monks or lay followers in some special way, not avuso or bhante or ayasma. (About acariya, I have said it is okay -read carefully. It was used during Buddha time although it is more technical Vinaya sense).
So what Buddha did is "irrelevant" but what Sariputta did is "relevant"?
It seems you did not consider the point I made about "Internet Buddhism" and about teacher-student relationships. It is appropriate for students to call their teacher "Teacher". As for " avuso or bhante or ayasma", surely these words don't have the same meaning or status as each other. Also, in the world, so & so guru and priest and politician is called "Venerable", "Reverend", "His Holiness", "Honorable" ,etc. These words become meaningless. But "Teacher" ("Ajahn") means a lot. My impression is to be called "Ajahn", a monk should actually have some teaching ability. Also, when the Buddha was alive, there was only one Teacher. But today, in the world of myriad sects & cults, there are many teachers. Thus using the term "Teacher" recognises a chosen teacher. For example, why would the term "Bhante" be used for monks of certain cults you disagree with? Personally, I would not call a monk 'Bhante" unless I respected the monk. I have seen on internet forums certain monks join and they get called "Bhante" and then soon after get banned for bad behaviour. Then "friend" is often too informal.