Dhammanando wrote:Hi Individual,
Individual wrote:If Bhikkhu Bodhi is a humble monk, he should say, "Thanks but I don't require the encouragement. You should appreciate all the monks, even those who are less well-known, who work just as hard but don't have their names on the front pages of Buddhist publications, or are the heads of Buddhist organizations, yet are no more or less worthy of appreciation."
And if Bhikkhu Bodhi does not say this, then in that case, he especially does not need to be encouraged.
Goodness, what sourness! Did you get out of the wrong side of the bed today?
The Buddha commended gratitude. If a group of grateful Buddhists want to club together and jointly express their gratitude, discouraging this is the very last thing Bhikkhu Bodhi (or anyone else) would want to do.
Best wishes,
Dhammanando Bhikkhu
Not sour. Encouraging greater appreciation, not less.
In addition to the Bhikkhu Bodhi Appreciation Society, it would be good to have a Dhammanando Appreciation Society, don't you think? And an Appicchato Appreciation Society, and a Nananda Appreciation Society, and many, many more.
Then, once there are all these societies, they could all get together and form a Parliament, in order to discuss why they think each is most respectably worthy of appreciation, and to encourage greater unity and tolerance between them.
