I saw a bunch of articles about Sikhs who cut off their beard so their masks work properly.
I think it's great to have discipline and rules for a religious tradition, but it's also good to be flexible and think for yourself. I know eating kosher is important for Jewish people, but if you're really starving it doesn't apply.
Like a Theravadin monk who is forbidden to touch a woman, breaking the rule to help an elderly aunt negotiate stairs. In the end you have to use critical discernment to see if what the rule was created for, whether it applies to the situation.
I think it's courageous that Brad Warner talks about scandals in Buddhism.
Maybe changing topic? Here is Herbie Hancock talking about Miles Davis.
I think it's great to have discipline and rules for a religious tradition, but it's also good to be flexible and think for yourself. I know eating kosher is important for Jewish people, but if you're really starving it doesn't apply.
Like a Theravadin monk who is forbidden to touch a woman, breaking the rule to help an elderly aunt negotiate stairs. In the end you have to use critical discernment to see if what the rule was created for, whether it applies to the situation.
I think it's courageous that Brad Warner talks about scandals in Buddhism.
Maybe changing topic? Here is Herbie Hancock talking about Miles Davis.
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