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Should anyevery monastic be unconditionally be considered a noble one, and treated as such, to abstain from bad kamma (atat the minimum),very least? or are lay people, and other monastics, free to use personal judgement based on the personal qualities (or, or lack thereof), of anya given monastic?

If nothe latter, then am I free to verbally express my attitudeconcern/blame, without producing excessiveexcessively bad kamma, such as? For example due to not agreeing with the way the Dhamma is presented, or timing thereof, or not agreeing with the arrogant attitude of the monk, or pointing out flaws in the behavior and/or points of viewmethods/views of thethat monk? etc

Should any monastic be unconditionally considered a noble one, and treated as such, to abstain from bad kamma (at the minimum), or are lay people, and other monastics, free to use personal judgement based on the personal qualities (or lack thereof) of any given monastic?

If no, am I free to express my attitude, without producing excessive bad kamma, such as not agreeing with the way the Dhamma is presented, or not agreeing with the arrogant attitude of the monk, or pointing out flaws in the behavior and/or points of view of the monk? etc

Should every monastic unconditionally be considered a noble one, and treated as such, to abstain from bad kamma at the very least? or are lay people, and other monastics, free to use personal judgement based on the personal qualities, or lack thereof, of a given monastic?

If the latter, then am I free to verbally express my concern/blame, without producing excessively bad kamma? For example due to not agreeing with the way the Dhamma is presented, or timing thereof, or not agreeing with the arrogant attitude of the monk, or pointing out flaws in the behavior/methods/views of that monk?

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Should any monastic be unconditionally considered a noble one, and treated as such, to abstain from bad kamma, (at the minimum), or are lay people, and other monastics, free to use personal judgement based on the personal qualities (or lack thereof) of any given monastic?

If no, am I free to express my attitude, without producing excessive bad kamma, such as not agreeing with the way the Dhamma is presented, or not agreeing with the arrogant attitude of the monk, or pointing out flaws in the behavior and/or points of view of the monk? etc

Should any monastic be considered a noble one and treated as such, to abstain from bad kamma, (at the minimum), or are lay people, and other monastics, free to use personal judgement based on the personal qualities (or lack thereof) of any given monastic?

If no, am I free to express my attitude, without producing excessive bad kamma, such as not agreeing with the way the Dhamma is presented, or not agreeing with the arrogant attitude of the monk, or pointing out flaws in the behavior and/or points of view of the monk? etc

Should any monastic be unconditionally considered a noble one, and treated as such, to abstain from bad kamma (at the minimum), or are lay people, and other monastics, free to use personal judgement based on the personal qualities (or lack thereof) of any given monastic?

If no, am I free to express my attitude, without producing excessive bad kamma, such as not agreeing with the way the Dhamma is presented, or not agreeing with the arrogant attitude of the monk, or pointing out flaws in the behavior and/or points of view of the monk? etc

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Erik Kaplun
Erik Kaplun
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Should any monastic be considered a noble one?

Should any monastic be considered a noble one and treated as such, to abstain from bad kamma, (at the minimum), or are lay people, and other monastics, free to use personal judgement based on the personal qualities (or lack thereof) of any given monastic?

If no, am I free to express my attitude, without producing excessive bad kamma, such as not agreeing with the way the Dhamma is presented, or not agreeing with the arrogant attitude of the monk, or pointing out flaws in the behavior and/or points of view of the monk? etc