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Dear Hearbeat:
Thank you for sharing your experiences with the BWB family. I'm sorry you went through them. I agree with the previous posters.

This is ridiculous. He was angry? Then he had no business interviewing anyone but himself.

Agreed. When a teacher uses anger as a tool in your spiritual guidance, I think he's wrapping his own character flaws, prejudices, etc. in a monk's robe and passing it off as supervision. I call it abuse.

There's no companionship with a fool, and somebody who can't be fair with women shouldn't be left in a position to hinder your progress and personal work.

There's no place for that kind of sexism in Buddhism.

That sounds absolutely ridiculous to me! Why would anyone be expected to go through so much pain!

Agreed.

Unfortunately, it also reminds me of the extreme self-punishment the Buddha subjected himself to for seven years before abandoning it in favour of the Middle Way. "If you tighten the string too much, it will snap."

Excellent point, Snowmelt.

The Buddha himself did not resort to such "teaching methods" ... and that is all I need to know.

Another reminder why we take Refuge. The Buddha's example in how he treated his students.

Heartbeat, please take care of yourself. Don't let anyone abuse you, hurt you, esp. in the name of spiritual growth!
Metta,
Bill