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- Becoming
a monk is all very well but what would happen if everyone became a monk?
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- One could ask
the same thing about any vocation. "Becoming a dentist is all very
well but what would happen if everyone became a dentist? There'd be no teachers,
no cooks, no taxi drivers." "Becoming a teacher is all very well
but what would happen if everyone became a teacher? There'd be no dentists,
etc. etc." The Buddha did not suggest that everyone should become a
monk or nun and indeed that is never going to happen. However, there will
always be people who are attracted to the life of simplicity and renunciation
and who take delight in the Buddha's teaching above all else. And like dentists
and teachers they have special skills and knowledge that can be helpful
to the community in which they live.
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