The Open Buddhist University
Actual Buddhist monk here (Ajahn Subharo), in the Theravada Thai forest lineage. Khemarato Bhikkhu - who is much more junior a monk than me, and is not <i>formally</i> any sort of Ajahn (teacher) yet - and myself both have Computer Science degrees, which are rare things for Buddhist monks to have.<p>So take his authority to run a "university" with a huge grain of salt. He would get roundly mocked in subtle ways by senior Buddhist monks if he thinks he has the seniority to be the "dean" of a "university". It's only once you have 10 years seniority that one, as a Theravada monk, earns the title of "Elder" ("Thera", an ancient Pali word in the Pali Canon), or an "Ajahn" (a Thai word simply meaning teacher, roughly corresponding to that same 10 years seniority).<p>I've never met him in person, but have cordially chatted with him a few times in the internet. We're both on Mastodon:<p>Him:
<a href="https://digipres.club/@obu" rel="nofollow">https://digipres.club/@obu</a><p>Myself:
<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@sbb" rel="nofollow">https://mstdn.ca/@sbb</a>