*🌷"Nekkhamma Parami— (Renunciation)🌷*
: During Vipassana course.
One who becomes a monk or a nun renounces the householder’s life and lives without personal possessions, even having to beg for his or her daily food. All this is done for the purpose of dissolving the ego.
*🌷 How can a lay person develop this quality?*
In a course like this, one has the opportunity to do so, since here one lives on the charity of others.
Accepting whatever is offered as food, accommodation, or other facilities, one gradually develops the quality of renunciation.
Whatever one receives here, one makes best use of it, working hard to purify the mind not only for one’s own good, but also for the good of the unknown person who donated on one’s behalf.
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🌷Que-Ans :Kalyanmitra S N Goenka ji🌷
*1) As a Westerner living in today’s modern world, is it more beneficial to practice Vipassana as a householder or go to a monastery to live as a monk?*
A: Well, if you leave the householder’s life and become a monk, you have all the time just to practice. We give respect to such a person who has left the householder’s life and is practicing Vipassana full-time. Nothing compares with that.
But not all householders can become monks.
Buddha’s teaching is for all, monks as well as householders.
As a householder, you can still practice although your progress will be slower than that of a monk. But still, you will get the same result.
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