It is always nice to hear good news. Congratulations, Mawkish1983!

Happy birthday Ben.
Have a great day with your family!

ArkA wrote:
"should gather"
Is this means all the monks who ordained at WPN are required to travel to WPN on January 16th?

much written, but ArkA's simple question not yet answered!

No

Dan74 wrote:...I fail to see the point of the whole thread...

Ditto...

...in Sri Lanka and Thailand...150 years ago, there was very little practice to be found...

Mmm...debatable...

Chill...in, or out of, the robes, you'll still be yourself...just try to be open, and go with the flow...(depending on where you're ordaining) you'll be told what is expected of you... Google is your friend...so is google saffron, buddhisma2z, accesstoinsight, buddhanet, etc...read up on what to lo...

(1) Is it possible to practice in India or Nepal nowadays? Do modern citizens support independent renunciants? How are they seen by the society? (2) How should one proceed in order to live like that? (3) I think getting new visas would be a problem, wouldn't it? (4) If that is definitely impossible...

You know why the lotus position was invented ? In order for you not to fall asleep and say more focused. I do not know about vipassana but concentration meditation works extremelly well at falling asleep. The thing is that you should not have falling asleep as a goal. The only way to make it work i...

cooran wrote:Age IS a barrier for any older female thinking of ordaining.

I stand corrected...hopefully that will change...

I'm to old.

If one is able to live unassisted, age is not an obstacle to ordination...