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**babopeddy** · 12-02-2010, 11:01 PM

I think an argument can be made that the Buddhas own noble teachings were not always taught to the laity and there was a slant to just teach basic morality to the laity

So, do you think that monastic life is the only way to have a deep and real practice of the Dhamma?

12-02-2010, 11:01 PM	#40
babopeddy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 376 Senior Member	I think an argument can be made that the Buddhas own noble teachings were not always taught to the laity and there was a slant to just teach basic morality to the laity So, do you think that monastic life is the only way to have a deep and real practice of the Dhamma?
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