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**RichardFG435** · 06-08-2010, 03:30 AM

Then she was asked to leave the monastery

Sad to hear. This could make one think that Buddhism has the same (what I call) "groupy" phenomenon so common in human relations - to belong to a group (as a "groupy") you have to do what the group expects of you - kind of like joining a club which has unwritten rules. This is especially true of the Christian religious groups to which I've been exposed - if you don't do what they expect you to they don't quite throw you out, they just pretend you're not there.

I hope (very much) that this sort of thing is the exception and not common.

06-08-2010, 03:30 AM	#17
RichardFG435 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 424 Senior Member	Then she was asked to leave the monastery Sad to hear. This could make one think that Buddhism has the same (what I call) "groupy" phenomenon so common in human relations - to belong to a group (as a "groupy") you have to do what the group expects of you - kind of like joining a club which has unwritten rules. This is especially true of the Christian religious groups to which I've been exposed - if you don't do what they expect you to they don't quite throw you out, they just pretend you're not there. I hope (very much) that this sort of thing is the exception and not common.
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