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* Please forgive me for any mistakes, this is a Google translation of my thoughts*

I just noticed the discrepancies regarding Delson Armstrong.

I have no idea what's really going on, I've never been to your place in the USA. But Bhante Vimalaramsi deeply inspired me back then and since then I have tried to keep up my daily practice and love reading the suttas.

As a sincere supporter, I allow myself to ask the following questions:

The website says Delson Armstrong has no allegiance to any specific school. What does that mean exactly? Does he recognize the Buddha as the only teacher or not? Does he still practice according to the original teachings of Buddha? Does he add something or leave something out?

I sometimes have the impression that a teacher who receives a donation thinks he has to do a lot of teaching and explaining and so on. Maybe because he believes he has to give something back. I think that would be a false conclusion. The donation should only serve to ensure that the recipient fulfills the teaching and achieves the goal. In the best case scenario, he is a living example of the teaching, but otherwise he has no obligations towards the donor. Correct me if I'm wrong.

I understand the practice as the Buddha taught it as the practice far from the community and in loneliness. I think that today, more than ever, there is a danger of getting lost in teaching. That would also be my last question, whether this possibility is currently available for the monks in the center (practice in seclusion.)?

Kind regards from Buenos Aiers