Dear All,
You might see that some of our novice priests-in-training will make a point of saying somewhere in many of their posts, "I am a novice priest-in-training, not a teacher, so please take my comments with a grain of salt," or some words like that. The meaning of "grain of salt" is "be careful in relying on what I say." The reason for that is because we are trying to teach newly Ordained priests that, when they first put on the priest's robes, people will listen to their words closely as teachings, and give them much weight and respect because of their having Ordained. The priest's words can truly effect people. So, we want the new priests to say, during the first year or so after Ordination, that "I am not a teacher, so please take my words with a grain of salt." In that way, they learn to be careful with their words.
However, we have noticed that other members of our Treeleaf community have started to say something like that in their posts. YOU DO NOT NEED TO! The rule is not for our Sangha members except for the newly Ordained priests, so please feel free to post without "adding salt."
You can comment and join in conversations freely without having to sprinkle the salt or say "I am not a teacher" or such.
In fact, we are all each others' teachers around here, and learn from each other.
Please let me know if there is any question about this.
Gassho, Jundo
stlah
You might see that some of our novice priests-in-training will make a point of saying somewhere in many of their posts, "I am a novice priest-in-training, not a teacher, so please take my comments with a grain of salt," or some words like that. The meaning of "grain of salt" is "be careful in relying on what I say." The reason for that is because we are trying to teach newly Ordained priests that, when they first put on the priest's robes, people will listen to their words closely as teachings, and give them much weight and respect because of their having Ordained. The priest's words can truly effect people. So, we want the new priests to say, during the first year or so after Ordination, that "I am not a teacher, so please take my words with a grain of salt." In that way, they learn to be careful with their words.
However, we have noticed that other members of our Treeleaf community have started to say something like that in their posts. YOU DO NOT NEED TO! The rule is not for our Sangha members except for the newly Ordained priests, so please feel free to post without "adding salt."
You can comment and join in conversations freely without having to sprinkle the salt or say "I am not a teacher" or such.In fact, we are all each others' teachers around here, and learn from each other.
Please let me know if there is any question about this.
Gassho, Jundo
stlah
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