[rarestia]

They live a more traditional cloistered life of poverty and prayer.

This, however, tells me that the process of becoming a monk has been corrupted. This crap doesn’t happen to true believers. I believe the psycho leftists are invading every facet of life including the deepest parts of Christianity. The Buddhists wouldn’t stand for this dumpster fire.

[bankwalker]

This was Gramsci’s plan.

[Mad Dawg]

I think it is conceivable that someone with the kind of disorder that gender dysphoria is could still attempt a chaste life of prayer as a hermit. (I do not see how involvement with a local theatre is compatible.)

There are online resources for Catholic and other hermits. But there's an important distinction between disorders and sins. It's not a sin to be homosexually inclined; it's a disorder. It's homosexual ACTS which are the sin. I think gender dysphoria is similar.

[Callahan]

Theravada Buddhism, particularly in Southeast Asia, has traditionally adhered to binary gender roles and segregation of monks based on biological sex at birth. The Thai Sangha Council has attempted to ban ordinations of transgender people. However, Mahayana and Vajrayana schools have been more accommodating. The Jodo Shinshu sect has ordained transgender monks in Japan and North America. In Tibetan Buddhism, some teachers have refrained from asking about gender identity during ordination. Many Buddhist denominations in the West are intentionally inclusive of transgender people in their sanghas (communities). Classical Buddhist teachings viewed gender as fluid, with stories of individuals changing gender across lifetimes or within the same life due to karma. This was not seen as a hindrance to spiritual progress.