Luang Por Liem: The Ways of the Peaceful - Wat Pah Nanachat

Ordination:
Going Forth
Going Forth is the translation of the Pali term pabbajja
that is used for the samanera (novice) ordination. It
means to go forth from the household life to the life of a
samana, a contemplative. This teaching was given by
Luang Por Liem during a ceremony of Going Forth of
Western monks at Wat Nong Pah Pong on Feb. 19 th ,
2003.
So far in this ordination-ceremony, you have prepared these
sets of yellow robes, sewn and dyed them according to the most
excellent allowances of the Buddha, and uttered the words
requesting the Going Forth. This is already something very
wholesome.
The next step, the Going Forth, requires that you plant and
cultivate faith and inspiration within the field of the Triple Gem.
The Buddha, the founder of this religion, has allowed the Going
Forth only if one initially studies and knows what the qualities of
the Lord Buddha actually are.
The Buddha’s virtues 3 are as follows:
He possesses wisdom, sharpness of mind and discernment,
applying it to those things that ought to be known and seen,
knowing their advantages and disadvantages and whether they are
beneficial or not, all the way to each of the Four Noble Truths –
3 the three classical virtues of the Buddha (buddhaguna): pañña
(wisdom), visuddhi, (purity), karuna (compassion).
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