Open Buddha

As was mentioned recently, Rev. Nonin, a well known Zen teacher, was banned from the E-Sangha web forum recently for not meeting whatever unspecified doctrinal muster is required to have an account on the that site. At that time, Rev. Nonin and others stated that a new online forum for Zen practitioners was in the [...]

I posted on the continuing issues on E-Sangha the other day and the formation of the site, E-Sangha Watch. I mentioned that there have been particular issues around the treatment of Zen practitioners (especially Soto Zen) on E-Sangha. The Soto Zen forum was closed under pretenses and a variety of Zen teachers have been harrassed [...]