[flowersnewaho]

I think it is theoretically possible for a layperson, but much more probable for a monk, for the obvious reasons.

I wonder if anyone can be born enlightened, and stay enlightened with little or no effort. I think some people are more predisposed to becoming enlightened than others. And for some hopeless ones, it would be nearly impossible for them to ever become enlightened.

It is all relative and dependent on so many various factors in life. But if we are all here on this forum, at least we are trying, which says an awfully lot in itself!