Hi Bhante Sujato,
I wanted to express my admiration and appreciation for your contributions
to this list, and I was especially impressed by how you conducted yourself
through all of the controversies. I recall how every time someone said
something that was crossing the line into something inappropriate, you would
only address the issue and ignore the personal stuff as if it was water off
a duck's back. I thought to myself, "Wow, now that's a cultivator. Touched
by unpleasant feeling, he is unmoved. Provoked with harsh speech, he is
unperturbed. Truly this is a monk who does not identify with these 5
aggregates." I don't recall you posting anything that would warrant apology,
yet you're the first one to step forward on the list to ask for forgiveness.
If all Buddhist monks are like this, then the sangha will be very
harmonious.
From carefully observing virtuous people, I've noticed they have a
common tendency to apologize even when they have little or no fault. In
hopes of attaining and enjoying the fruits of similar virtue, I also ask for
forgiveness of any contributions I made to dis-harmony.

-fk

-----Original Message-----
From: Pali@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Pali@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bhante
Sujato
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 12:57 PM
To: Pali@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Curfew imposed... [Re: ideas for improving pali list RE: [Pali] A
proposal

Dear Yong Peng,

Thank you for your reply, judicious and balanced as always. It seems
we need reminding of some of your statements again already:

We should

> respect an individual's style, as long as it is friendly and non-
> abusive.
> 8. At the same time, I like to put in place the suspension of all
> discussions for ten days, except for replies to this mail, and the
> Pali Day by Day series C/D/E.

Can we please respect the moderator's wishes in this respect?

I'd only like to add, for Yong Peng and others, that if anything i
have said on this list has caused offence or contributed to
conflict, i ask forgiveness. Some of the topics i have raised or
contributed to have indeed been controversial, and i was quite aware
of this at the time. I did try to carry on the discussion in a
respectful manner, but i don't know if i always succeeded.

'ussaadana~nca ja~n~naa, apasaadana~nca ja~n~naa, ussaadana~nca
~natvaa, apasaadana~nca ~natvaa, nevussaadeyya na apasaadeyya:
dhammameva deseyyaa'ti (MN139)

"One should know what it is to extoll and disparage, and having
known both, one should neither extoll nor disparage, but should
teach only Dhamma."

Bhante Sujato