Steve, This phenomenon is relatively more widespread on Tantrism and Tantric Buddhism, normally in the form of sex scandals. I also heard some with zen masters, but not so common. In this respect, the mahayanists are relatively 'clean', while with Theravada it will normally result in disrobing. Anthony
--- On Tue, 15/2/11, SteveW <[email protected]> wrote: From: SteveW <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Antinomianism To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, 15 February, 2011, 5:20 AM Hello. I wanted to broach a topic that some may find uncomfortable. Antinomianism is a religious term referring to an attitude that one who has achieved spiritual wisdom is not subject to ordinary rules of ethical behavior. Unfortunately, in the world of Buddhism there have been quite a few teachers (I shall refrain from naming them) who have engaged in on-going unethical exploitation of their followers. Some of these teachers are famous for their profound wisdom-insight. Even after being caught red-handed in scurilous behavior, many of these teacher's followers have tried to justify said behavior as being "crazy-wisdom". IMO, this actually demonstrates that it is quite possible to achieve a high level of insight without necessarily being released from deeply ingrained negative samskaras. Indeed, there is always the danger of misconstruing "everything is perfect in being what it is" as being a license for giving in to negative impulses. This is just my opinion at this time. Steve
