[Buddha-l] Monk/nun or lay person

[Erik Hoogcarspel]

Knut Heidelberg schreef:

> 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
>
Remember Knut, this was before the invention of hte anticonception pill.

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Erik


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