Woot woot, great idea thanks you

Hoping to speak to a few possibly through Facebook or through some other means

Just a quick update. I've come down with a serious fever and am in hospital for a few days.

Litterally from ordination to serious illness and than in hospital.
Ouch

Abbot has connections at Thai consulate or whatever it's called. For visa.

I'm getting ordained by a district Abbot who is in charge of a very large area in Thailand

Very excited about it. I'm 25 and from America. Living in a small monastery where not many monks speak any English!

Questions, advice, encouragement would all be appreciated!

Thank you very much for the reply Paul

As far as goals. Purify my mind, help others, live simply and be happy. Thank you for linking information. Responding to Paul I personally have met and spent time with both Mahayana monks and theravada monks. I think monastic life at it's core shares deep similarities regardless of the tradition. I ...

Would be ideal if there was someone I could talk to one on one about it.

Can find more information about my practice history in the introduction I posted on the forum.

Hi there I've been a Buddhist for about 4 years now. I joined the group because I'm very interested in becoming a monk in Thailand and while asking for advice about it I was linked to this website. Would love to meet fellow practioners. My practice history consists of living at a residential Zen cen...