Bite-sized Dharma on the go!
A sharing from a Buddhist on Checking One’s Motivation to become a monk.
“So what makes you want be a monk?” the nun asked me back
I explained to her that my Lama had previously done a divination for me: I was a monk in my previous life
“So I wanna continue the good work that I did in my previous life, and I thought that life as a layman is quite a waste of my past life’s efforts” I explained
Read it here … http://boh-tak-chek.blogspot.com/2010/03/check-your-motivation.html
I recently met two old friends … no, not that they are old, but more that we knew each other a long time ago. 😉
To protect their identities (I always like this! :p) … let’s call my friend … ok, ok, let’s cut the bull and get it over. If my friend has problem with his name appearing on my obscure blog, then he needs to stop living under a rock! 😉
So ChingWi messaged me one day that she has a friend Hanguan who needs some advice from a monk and referred him to me. I agreed but didn’t thought much about the name, though I thought she was referring to Angguan, another friend from awhile back, but that’s another story.
Friday came, and when this Hanguan came over my cubicle (monks have cubicles? *gasp*), I was like “Hey, I know you!” and he was like “Yeah, wow … you … “