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- Do
you have to be a monk or a nun to become enlightened?
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- Of course not.
Some of the Buddha's most accomplished disciples were lay men and women.
Some were spiritually developed enough to instruct the monks. In Buddhism
the level of one's understanding is the most important thing and that has
nothing to do with whether one wears a yellow robe or blue jeans, or whether
one lives in a monastery or a home. Some might find the monastery, with
all its advantages and disadvantages to be the best environment in which
to spiritually grow. Others may find the home, with all its joys and sorrows,
to be the best. Everyone is different.
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