Ayya Yeshe June 13, 2015
If you support Buddhist Centres that only raise funds for Asian males, and charges Western monastics, you're supporting Patriarchy and the this in turn means that Westerners (majority women) will have no chance to ordain and practice full time as equals to their Tibetan counterparts. We all have power to support or change oppression in Buddhism. Supporting monastics who in turn support you has been a Buddhist practice for 2600 years. Why not open a dialogue with your centre about the double standard of supporting only Tibetan monastic males and not Non Himalayan monastic women when we all have the same vows.... Be the change you want to see. Lets break the gender glass ceiling in Buddhism. If you would like to support Western monastics and our hermitage project for socially engaged Buddhist women.
If you support Buddhist Centres that only raise funds for Asian males, and charges Western monastics, you're supporting Patriarchy and the this in turn means that Westerners (majority women) will have no chance to ordain and practice full time as equals to their Tibetan counterparts. We all have power to support or change oppression in Buddhism. Supporting monastics who in turn support you has been a Buddhist practice for 2600 years. Why not open a dialogue with your centre about the double standard of supporting only Tibetan monastic males and not Non Himalayan monastic women when we all have the same vows.... Be the change you want to see. Lets break the gender glass ceiling in Buddhism. If you would like to support Western monastics and our hermitage project for socially engaged Buddhist women.
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