However, it is important to remember the receiver of the
Katina robe needs to be spiritually cleansed and worthy of receiving such a glorious
offering to get the maximum benefit from the offering. What makes Katina ceremony a
wholesome meritorious deed, is not the ceremony itself, but the spiritually and
purity of the monks in retreat and the devotion and commitment of the laity. The
totality of this will bring most merit and make it a solid good karma