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501 2| was Devadatta's attempted schism, introduced as a reform 502 2| to meditation rather than scholarship, and that -- like the monks 503 2| been much more limited in scope, gaining a measure of success 504 1| remainder of her life in a secluded place and give herself fully 505 2| contentment with little, and seclusion -- qualities the Buddha 506 1| her father's children by a second wife, the eldest of eight. 507 2| relegated to a status clearly secondary to that of the monks, but 508 2| up to the sacrifices and self-discipline the practice inherently 509 2| qualities of dispassion, self-effacement, unentanglement with others, 510 1| have felt when her parents separated, probably lay behind her 511 1| well they have loved and served others. ~However, the actual 512 2| practice, mainstream Buddhism serves the function of inspiring 513 1| devote themselves to social services of one form or another, 514 1| brought up. It was during such sessions that most of the talks recorded 515 2| person. ~Of course there are sexist monks who mistake the privileged 516 2| reforming influence at large, shaming or inspiring the mainstream 517 2| abbot, and now has a healthy shelf of books to her name. Such 518 2| vocations was regarded as shirking his duties. Scholarly monks 519 2| on occasion were nothing short of draconian. In more recent 520 | should 521 2| The Forest Tradition is showing signs that its very popularity 522 1| Study after study has shown that mainstream Buddhism, 523 1| giving birth to a younger sibling that, on seeing the newborn 524 2| little meditation on the side, is the most profitable 525 2| Forest Tradition is showing signs that its very popularity 526 2| at present have taken the silence on the nuns as an indication 527 2| rather than viewing them simply as drop-outs. ~What this 528 1| its members. Her younger sister, Upasika Wan, who up to 529 1| described how, at the age of six, she became so filled with 530 1| submit to what she saw as the slavery of marriage. ~During her 531 1| child for the first time -- "sleeping quietly, a little red thing 532 2| their names and teachings slipped through the cracks in the 533 2| less demanding; and as life softens, so does the practice, and 534 1| her teens she devoted her spare time to Dhamma books and 535 1| still strong, she would hold special meetings at which the members 536 2| throughout the country, sponsored by Her Majesty the Queen 537 2| bureaucracy was very active in stamping out independent movements 538 2| for the express purpose of standardizing the record of the Buddha' 539 2| reliable texts, improved standards and facilities for education, 540 2| forest. ~In some cases the state of mainstream Buddhism has 541 1| vegetarian and abstain from such stimulants as tobacco, coffee, tea, 542 2| work itself out in several strands, with the major difference 543 1| By the mid-1960's, the stream of free Dhamma literature 544 2| convention, designed to streamline the decision-making process 545 1| domesticated to these values by stressing altruism as the highest 546 2| and greater support for stricter observance of the disciplinary 547 2| intent on practice must strike out on their own, adhering 548 2| addition, there have been striking instances where people have 549 1| Upasika Kee's health was still strong, she would hold special 550 2| provide an organizational structure for all lay nuns throughout 551 2| inscriptions at the Theravada stupa at Sañci in India list nuns 552 1| well-established, the same frugal style has been maintained for 553 1| maintained for its benefits in subduing greed, pride, and other 554 1| still quite young, never to submit to what she saw as the slavery 555 2| more consequential than substance, and personality more important 556 2| no record of their ever succeeding. The only such reform mentioned 557 2| indication of supposed male superiority, but fortunately nuns do 558 1| had played a major role as supporter and facilitator for the 559 2| following of students and supporters. With the arrival of support, 560 2| men as an indication of supposed male superiority, but fortunately 561 1| traditions, has tended to suppress. The true path of practice 562 2| important than character -- is sure to change the dynamic of 563 1| Anguttara Nikaya, Book of Fours, Sutta 95) -- a teaching that the 564 2| Some people at present have taken the silence on the nuns 565 2| integrity of their efforts takes years to be tested -- not 566 | taking 567 1| after which she would give a talk touching on any important 568 1| join the community. When tape recording was introduced 569 2| center still listen to her tapes nightly and keep her teachings 570 1| very religious woman and taught her the rudiments of Buddhist 571 1| stimulants as tobacco, coffee, tea, and betel nut. They meet 572 1| of marriage. ~During her teens she devoted her spare time 573 2| media -- and especially television with its tendency to make 574 2| the mainstream at least temporarily into becoming more favorable 575 2| early childhood to take temporary ordination often pressure 576 1| nuns, observing eight or ten precepts. ~Because there 577 2| especially television with its tendency to make image more consequential 578 2| altruistic at heart, he or she tends to play up the social benefits 579 2| set forth as the litmus test for gauging whether or not 580 1| sleeping quietly, a little red thing with black, black hair" -- 581 2| this pattern could be quite thorough-going and on occasion were nothing 582 1| continued her business with the thought of saving up enough money 583 2| when their ambitions are thwarted. And even in cases where 584 1| say, Japanese Buddhism, Tibetan, and Thai, and for the variety 585 2| introduced as a reform to tighten up the disciplinary rules. 586 1| from such stimulants as tobacco, coffee, tea, and betel 587 | together 588 2| the cities have long been told that the path to nibbana 589 | too 590 1| found exclusively within, totally transcending the world, 591 2| accepted inevitably loses touch with the qualities of dispassion, 592 1| which she would give a talk touching on any important issues 593 1| merchant family in Rajburi, a town to the west of Bangkok, 594 1| exclusively within, totally transcending the world, and not necessarily 595 1| printed a small volume of her transcribed talks for free distribution. 596 1| Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, although she transformed his concepts in ways that 597 2| disciplinary rules. The Canon treats his attempt in such strongly 598 2| of inspiring individuals truly intent on the practice to 599 1| but those who don't are in turn said to be superior to those 600 1| woman Dhamma teacher in twentieth-century Thailand. Born in 1901 to 601 1| the pleasure it offers in unburdening the heart. The women practicing 602 | under 603 1| community she founded. This underscores the distinction between 604 1| withdrawal, the goal being an undying happiness found exclusively 605 2| dispassion, self-effacement, unentanglement with others, contentment 606 | upon 607 | us 608 2| is the most profitable use of one's monastic career. ~ 609 1| designed to keep its members useful and productive -- either 610 1| does not place such a high value on altruism at all. In fact, 611 1| the quality of instruction varies widely with the nunnery, 612 1| Tibetan, and Thai, and for the variety of social roles to which 613 1| practicing at the center are all vegetarian and abstain from such stimulants 614 2| relegated to a celibate version of a housewife's life -- 615 2| and respect, rather than viewing them simply as drop-outs. ~ 616 1| meditating and receiving visitors interested in the Dhamma. 617 1| meditation during her frequent visits to monasteries in her youth, 618 2| take up either of these vocations was regarded as shirking 619 2| fortunately nuns do not take vows of obedience and are free 620 1| younger sister, Upasika Wan, who up to that point had 621 2| present in Thailand we are watching this process work itself 622 1| transformed his concepts in ways that made them entirely 623 1| has become well-known and well-established, the same frugal style has 624 1| that the center has become well-known and well-established, the 625 1| in Rajburi, a town to the west of Bangkok, she was the 626 2| situation in Thailand before Western influences made themselves 627 | whatever 628 | Wherever 629 | whether 630 1| Buddhism. This accounts for the wide differences we find when 631 1| father's children by a second wife, the eldest of eight. Her 632 2| by charismatic pioneers willing to put up with the hardships 633 2| reform in the effort to win support, thus compromising 634 2| there is a sort of folk wisdom to this arrangement. Anyone 635 1| happiness through social withdrawal, the goal being an undying 636 1| and to meditation, and her working hours to a small business 637 1| the Pali Canon and the works of contemporary teachers -- 638 1| show the influence of the writings of Buddhadasa Bhikkhu, although 639 1| members. ~Much has been written recently on the role of 640 1| when she was still quite young, never to submit to what 641 1| visits to monasteries in her youth, she practiced mostly on