Chris,
Chris wrote, as below:
"The sanga's job to keep the teacher honest, and the students' ability to see
clearly keeps the sangha honest".
Yes!
See the Diamond Sangha's Ethics Statement. It's just common sense! Since
1999... . ;-)
And so good to have in black and white.
And, right: it's not News. And neither is the wonderful service provided by
hundreds of Ch'an and Zen teachers and sanghas, in helping thousands of people
to wake up at least once. Onwards! The papers won't cover THAT aspect of
reality, because it seems distastefully like "Religion", to them, or their few
readers.
They can only sell DIRT, in the sandpile; not even Water by the River, Chris!
Stay washed,
--Joe
> Chris Austin-Lane <chris@...> wrote:
>
> This seems like old news? Distressing but old. Is the new part that the
> NYTs is covering it? I read Brad Warner more frequently than NYT, but
> whatever. It still hasn't hit USA Today.
>
> And that most human institutions are corrupted by our clinging to illusory
> self-rationalizations and willingness to predate on the weaker is, while
> not news, surely worth reminding people of. meditation is not therapy nor
> sexual abuse prevention and not the only thing one might need to do in ones
> day. Teachers are not different from students in wisdom or judgment or
> need to be kept honest.
>
> The teacher's job is to keep the student honest. The sanga's job to keep
> the teacher honest, and the students' ability to see clearly keeps the
> sangha honest.
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