Personal tranquility? Just forget it.
The mass media has fed us pictures of serene meditators, facing gorgeous Himalayan landscapes.
You’ll probably have moments like that if you chose to become a monk, but that’s the icing on the cake.
No, seriously, you’re going to be busy. Very busy. Probably busier than you’ve ever been:
– Taking care of people (a lot of lost souls end up in Buddhist environments)
– Organizing everything (teachings, religious events, accounting, I even worked on computers)
– Washing the dishes
– Cleaning the monastery
And that’s on a 24/7 basis, no vacation (or hardly ever), no WE. Your retreat will be limited to a small room in which you’ll probably be solicited at anytime.
So, it’s advisable to forget about personal tranquility…And intimacy along with it.
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