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|    David Raleigh Arnold to islandteak@gmail.com    |
|    Re: Amputee monks ?    |
|    19 Mar 17 20:53:30    |
      From: dra@openguitar.com              On Sun, 19 Feb 2017 17:45:39 -0800 (PST)       islandteak@gmail.com wrote:              > On Saturday, March 25, 2000 at 1:00:00 AM UTC-7,       > Harri Hannula wrote:       > > I think that I have to practise Jigmeism, and ask       > > you all about this issue...       > > ___________       > >       > > Why cannot a male, adult, accident victim (amputee)       > > become accepted as a monk.              Because he can't walk for hours, bowl in hand. Lord       Buddha expected effort, lots of it, from the       order.              I have never heard of a rule that a monk who became       incapacitated must be booted out, however.       Metta, Rale              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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