[Buddha-l] Is there any basis for the allegations concerning the "expulsion" of Ani Karma Lhamu?

[Curt Steinmetz]

Norbu Sherpa statement (that he had been misquoted) was in a major story 
that appeared in the Nepali Times on July 22 (so it was not quite a 
month ago). Here is the quote from Norbu Sherpa: "I was misquoted in the 
Indian media, she was never expelled, there is no provision in Buddhism 
for excommunication."

In addition, Palden Lama of the Nepal Tamang Lama Ghedung was quoted in 
the same article: "Her celibacy was broken against her will, Buddhist 
philosophy is about protecting, rescuing and rehabilitating the victim 
instead of adding to the pain."

The Nepal Tamang Lama Ghedung is the only other Nepali Buddhist 
organization, besides the NBF, that was ever identified by name as 
supposedly calling for the nun's "expulsion". Sushendra Sarkar 
repeatedly claimed that "15 Buddhist organizations" had put out a joint 
call for this "expulsion", but she never produced even a single word 
quoted directly from this nonexistent statement, and the only two 
organizations that she ever named have both made it clear that they 
never issued any such call for "expulsion". In other words she lied.

Here is a link to the article at the Nepali Times website with the 
quotes from Norbu Sherpa and Palden Lama:
http://nepalitimes.com/issue/2011/07/22/Nation/18400

Curt Steinmetz

On 8/19/11 12:51 PM, Curt Steinmetz wrote:
> On 8/18/11 10:46 AM, Rahula wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The latest news has it that Norbu Sherpa claiming that he was misquoted. But NBF said it was his personal views.....Very confusing....
>>
> First of all, this is not "the latest news", but is rather news from
> over a month ago. It's just that the truth was not sufficiently
> salacious to get the attention that Sushendra Sarkar's lies were given
> (so some people are only just now finding out about this old news).
>
> Second of all, there is no contradiction between (1) the NBF saying that
> Norbu Sherpa spoke as an individual, and (2) Norbu Sherpa saying he was
> misquoted. So there is no cause for being " very confused".
>
> Curt Steinmetz
>
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