Do most westerners, once ordained, stay in them?
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Do most westerners that ordain stay in Robes?
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Do most westerners that ordain stay in Robes?
by brandwach » Mon Jan 28, 2013 3:57 am
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Re: Do most westerners that ordain stay in Robes?
by manas » Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:55 am
brandwach wrote:Do most westerners, once ordained, stay in them?
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I don't have any statistics regarding numbers, but a very senior western monk, in response to my interest at the time, once said, "oh, it's very easy to ordain; it's just difficult to stay". My guess would be that this maxim would apply to anyone who really applied themselves to the monastic life, though. Not just us pampered western folk.
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