when luangta was old enough to ordain as a monk, his father raised the subject of becoming a monk while having dinner."i have mane sons, but none even thinks about ordination for the well being of their father. i really want to see one of you in the yellow robes before i pass away, because then i can pass away peacefully and without any worries. but when his father asked luangta to ordain,he stayed quiet and did not reply,as if he did not have any ears,or a mouth whit which to speak. his father said that if he passed away, there would be no one able to lift him out of hell. that if he could not depend on luangta, there was no hope, foe of all his sons, he could only depend on luangta.