Dear Piya,

Thank you for your kind note. Bhante Gunaratana is
indeed doing well. At the age of 77 he has been in
robes for 65 years.
I think I'm most impressed by his drive and his
ability to see things anew. For example, he has been
teaching the Jhaanas for some years now even though
for most of his time in robes it was considered taboo.
You probably already know that he is the Abbot of the
Bhaavanaa Society Forest Monastery.
http://www.bhavana.us/

With Metta,
Sumana

--- Piya Tan <libris@...> wrote:

> Sumana,
>
> You might already know that your name means "good"
> (su) "mind" (mana).
>
> Although I am not impressed with the rampant
> spiritual materialism of many Sinhalese
> monks, I remember with happiness my first taste of
> temporary monkhood with Bhante
> Gunaratana when he was in Malaysia over 3 decades
> back.
>
> I am profoundly happy to know that he has taken up
> meditation and not merely become a
> "Venerable Doctor" for whom the letter is  above the
> spirit, or the spirit becomes so
> watered down until it intoxicates.
>
> Sadhu to good monks: may we meet more of them.
>
> Piya
>
> paulocuana wrote:
>
> > Dear Yong Peng,
> >
> > My teacher Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Nayaka
> Thera,(Bhante G.) gave
> > me a Pali name recently.  Where else can I use a
> Pali name? :)
> >
> > With Metta,
> > Sumana
> >
> > --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Ong Yong Peng"
> <yongpeng.ong@...>
> > > Btw, Sumana, why is there a recent change in
> name?
> > >
> > >
> > > metta,
> > > Yong Peng.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, paulocuana wrote:
> > >
> > > Not only did I not have a specific monk in mind,
> I also did not
> > have
> > > a specific Western philosopher in mind.  Just
> exchanging ideas. It
> > > was unfortunate that there was a name in the
> subject line.  It was
> > > the subject line of the post I responded to and
> I wouldn't have
> > > thought to change it since people look to the
> subject line for
> > > responses to their posts and I don't like to
> edit what others
> > write.
> >
> >
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