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If there are different ways of teaching to suit different people (cf. The Lotus Sutra) then one would think there would be different teachers too-- or a teacher who able to meet the particular needs … (View Post)
Different religious tradition-- Judaism-- but the same misogynistic tendency.... In this passage from the book Kaddish, Leon Wiseltier begins by quoting a 17th-century rabbi Yair ben Hayyim Bacharach… (View Post)
The vows can only be YOUR aspiration-- no one else's--and so no one can tell you when you are ready-- only you can make that decision. You shouldn't let anyone dictate to you when you should-- or sho… (View Post)
Belief and faith aren't necessarily synonymous. Being intimately involved in Christian fundamentalism many years ago, I can say I had many beliefs to which I clung-- but faith means you don't need to… (View Post)