[Buddha-l] Ordination (again) or the semiotics of privilege.

[Mike Austin]

Alex Wilding <alex at chagchen.org> writes

>Can we agree on the following? We call the holders of the 200+ nuns' and
>monks' vows "fully ordained"

That seems sensible. I suspect the alternative - i.e. calling holders of 
the 200 vows 'ordained'  and consequently calling all the others 'partly 
ordained' or 'slightly ordained' - might ruffle a few feathers ;-)

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Mike Austin