This is overly simplistic. In theory what is said here should also apply
to Christians - and yet many Christian individuals and many Christian
churches are extremely homophobic.
- Curt
Bill Smart wrote:
>
> Wanghualia_5 wrote:
>
> I am Gay, and I practice zazen. Is there any sangha or Zen Temple for
> Gay/lesbians?
>
> All zen sanghas are for all people. I have never heard of any zen
> group that restricts or focuses its membership on any specific
> classification of people. To do so would be to reinforce the erroneous
> idea that Buddha nature or the way to realize it is not the same in
> all people. Like all communities, there are some that have a larger
> percentage of certain types of people. Maybe there are some sanghas
> that have a higher percentage of gays/lesbians than others. I don’t
> know. Hopefully someone else on the Forum will have some more specific
> information.
>
> …Bill!.___
>
>
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