An Open Letter To Mahanayakes: Disrobe This Monk Or Disown His Acts!
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An open letter to Malwatte and Asgiriya Mahanayake Theros…
Most Venerable Sirs,
Let’s not go into the legal and theological mumbo-jumbo. The person who calls himself Galagodaaththe Gnanasara is no Buddhist Monk nor is he a guardian of the teachings of the Great One. He may well be a safe keeper of certain temples and shrines that pretend to be preaching the Four Noble Truths and Arya Ashtangikha Marga (Eight Noble Paths) but he is indulging in all sorts of unholy mundane practices and greed. Such charlatans can be found not only in saffron robes but also in ungodly cloaks of other religious garbs.
BBS monks threatening Jathika Bala Sena monks
But the immense shame and disrepute that his recent actions have heaped upon the pious and devoted Buddhists who, day in and day out attempt to practice and observe so enthusiastically and passionately the fundamentals of the Dharma of the Great Teacher, Gautama the Buddha, have been accumulating over the last two years. The cumulative ill-effects are almost infinite; the disgrace that these pretenders have caused to the purity and serenity of the Teachings is beyond the pale and irrefutable.
Yet the most unfortunate aspect of this entire ‘crusade’ undertaken by these dishonorable ‘Monks’ is that not a single prelate of the Buddha Sasana has had the courage or the willingness to call it what it really is. One can well understand if lay leaders are keeping quiet about these shenanigans committed by these ‘dusseela’(impious) members of the Sasana. But as those who receive all accolades and reverence from the lay followers and pious devotees of the Dharma, you, Most Venerable Sirs, have an inherent right and obligation to uphold the basic principles at lofty levels. In trying to do so, keeping those dusseela Monks away from the Sasana is of primary significance. If any disciplinary action is deemed necessary in order to keep the Dharma unspoiled, unsoiled and holy, such disciplinary action must be taken forthwith .Read More
