Bhikkhuni Ordination Fallout

Dennis Sheppard, President of the Buddhist Society of Western Australia responds to intimidation and deplorable behaviour by monks in the Wat Pah Pong associated group of monasteries over the past year. In the wake of the Bhikkhuni (Buddhist nun) ordinations and the subsequent 'excommunication' of Ajahn Brahm there have been many acts of unkindness, divisiveness designed to punish and isolate us. These behaviours and attitudes (especially the misogynist underpinnings) are completely unacceptable from a Buddhist and social perspective. They are leading the way to a decline of Buddhism in the West and should therefore cease immediately.