Same thing goes for differences of opinion about religious matters. There are huge differences of opinion in monasteries.
Oh, yeah. I don't doubt that depending on the religion and the order, the diversity of opinion is great. Inside, that is, for the reasons we talked about.
There are different beliefs, different backgrounds, different opinions of what is important in the religion and what's not... living in a monastery is the fastest road to tolerance I know. Otherwise you'll strangle your roommate.
*g* This makes me smile. Very true, though. And I wonder if that isn't one aspect of the whole idea--away from hermits who find enlightenment under a Bodhi tree or speak to God in the desert after living on honeyed locusts.
To me that's tin hat territory, there are lots of Buddhist teachings that say only if you're an arhat can you remember past lives. But whatever. I smiled and nodded every time she brought it up.
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Date: 2008-03-19 11:32 am (UTC)Oh, yeah. I don't doubt that depending on the religion and the order, the diversity of opinion is great. Inside, that is, for the reasons we talked about.
*g* This makes me smile. Very true, though. And I wonder if that isn't one aspect of the whole idea--away from hermits who find enlightenment under a Bodhi tree or speak to God in the desert after living on honeyed locusts.
Best course of action, no doubt.