[Buddha-l] Monk/nun or lay person

[Knut Heidelberg]

I tend to believe that anyone may attend Nibbana here and now. Lay persons doing everyday's work are just as capable of Nibbana as any monk or nun. My argument is that the method described in Mahasatipattana Sutta is a direct way to Nibbana and may very well be used by anyone and in any situation and for the disiplined mind every hour of the day. It may be it is easier for a monk or nun to disipline the mind but nobody needs to become a monk or nun in order to have a dispilined mind. The same goes for the ethical dimension of Buddhist practise.
 
Would this be wrong thinking?

Best wishes from Knut in Norway


Knut Heidelberg
http://heidelberg.no
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