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**Staillateno** · 05-12-2011, 03:35 PM

Exploring further, let us note the encouraging developments of the Saranaloka Foundation. The greater Theravadin community has come out in great support of their independence from the gender discrimination of the Chah-Sumedho lineage. As they note in Update on the Saranaloka Nuns’ Community (http://www.saranaloka.org/letter_jill-4-2011.html),

As we weathered the shifting sands of time and condition, the possibility of a strong advisory board emerged to guide us, when needed, to the next phase of a monastic nuns’ community and to keep us grounded in Dhamma. We have had an outpouring of support and encouragement and are happy to announce that we have created an advisory board of five: Bhikkhu Bodhi, Ajahn Pasanno, Thanissara, Jack Kornfield, and Gil Fronsdal. Collectively, they bring a deep understanding of the Dhamma, the history of Buddhism, impermanence, and the monastic community, and all this with a grounding of life in the West. The Board and the sisters are greatly appreciative of their guidance and care for our nascent community. They seem appreciative enough to me, Element.
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Staillateno Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 396 Senior Member	Exploring further, let us note the encouraging developments of the Saranaloka Foundation. The greater Theravadin community has come out in great support of their independence from the gender discrimination of the Chah-Sumedho lineage. As they note in Update on the Saranaloka Nuns’ Community (http://www.saranaloka.org/letter_jill-4-2011.html), As we weathered the shifting sands of time and condition, the possibility of a strong advisory board emerged to guide us, when needed, to the next phase of a monastic nuns’ community and to keep us grounded in Dhamma. We have had an outpouring of support and encouragement and are happy to announce that we have created an advisory board of five: Bhikkhu Bodhi, Ajahn Pasanno, Thanissara, Jack Kornfield, and Gil Fronsdal. Collectively, they bring a deep understanding of the Dhamma, the history of Buddhism, impermanence, and the monastic community, and all this with a grounding of life in the West. The Board and the sisters are greatly appreciative of their guidance and care for our nascent community. They seem appreciative enough to me, Element. plezeB@eze Bucky
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