Hello all on the very hot Tuesday morning ka!
I've been tied up with a few things and learned quite a bit from my nephew's ordination that would be great to share.
Out of the blue, my nephew wanted to enter monkhood so he went to a temple in Saraburi and found he really wanted to be ordained there. We all anumohtana for his good thought ka.
The instructions were:
- He had to go to stay at the temple about 10 days before the ceremony as 'นาค', helping the monks with their routine chanting and services.
- He was assigned to sweep the fallen leaves around the monks' quarter area and there could be only a little help as there were 4 monks in that big temple.
- He wasn't allowed to drive during the 'นาค' period and won't be able to smoke in the temple plus minimal use of mobile phone.
This is what I like best ka. He had to make sure he could recite related sermons fluently. If he couldn't do it on the ordination day, the temple would ask him to leave with all his relatives that very day!
What actually happened during this preparation period? The 'novices' in this temple 'coached' my nephew seriously as they knew the rule would be enforced!
My nephew was also closely supervised by the monks to make sure that he would be successful ...on the day, he forgot a little but I saw the monks were whispering to help:))!
You could guess well that we didn't have to take him back with us! Whew!
He's still in his monkhood with minimal access to mobile phone use as important messages have to go through his supervisor-monk. He can call his mother as permitted.
My lessons learned ka:
- When rules are truly enforced, respect is heightened!
- Unified efforts in some form could be seen to ensure that the objectives will be met.
- The whole mission retains its intended goals!
This is a very little story that brings us hope amid the conflicts seen, not only in the religion circle, but also in all that need discipline and enforcement ka.
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