At 06:17 PM 07-06-05, dhammanando_bhikkhu wrote:

>I think we have actually talked before, back in the late
>90's. I was the Dhammanando in Iceland who posted sometimes
>to Dhamma-list, and then to this list as Robert Eddison.

Oh... I didn't know you two were the same. :-)

>Back then I would have had about fifteen vassa. But I was
>out of the robes for four years, so now I have only one. I'm
>pleased that you yourself have managed to last.

So far so good for me. Thoughts of returning to lay life are quite far in between and don't last long, particularly when the thought of the burden lay life entails kicks in and I go, "Oh, no, thank you!"

Anyway, welcome back.

>>> But what if the monk were to accept no payment for his work?
>>> In that case, perhaps his role as a public servant might
>>> give grounds for censure (or worse) for improper association
>>> with householders.
>
>> Do you mean to say his is to be considered a kuladussaka?
>
>That was the possibility I had in mind. The texts describe
>many ways of currying favour with householders that can lead
>to a monk being censured for kuladuussana. They read
>remarkably like a list of things that politicians indulge in
>during an election campaign!

You're absolutely right. (FYI, my mind keep telling me to add "bhante" somewhere!)



peace

Kumâra Bhikkhu