Motivations to ordain?

…of NOT ordaining and thus not having a shot at breaking free from samsara fill the average lay Thai/Malaysian etc Buddhist with dread? Also, regardless of your faith in taking…

Reply To: Thai Forest Tradition

…(i) getting rid of 10 types of micca ditthi, and (ii) comprehending Tilakkhana, in that order. When one takes care of micca ditthi, that will greatly help reducing the tendency…

Reply To: Thai Forest Tradition

…“[such and such an individual attained such and such jhana and then became a stream enterer, or an anagami]” or what have you. It doesn’t. He would go on to…