The Journey of Self-Discovery Through Ordination : หน้า 85/105

life of luxury, sleeping in air-conditioned rooms, etc., will find that they have to eat alms, and sleep outside, eventually, their need to sleep in air-conditioned rooms will disappear. You learn about your true self. You learn about your inner strength, knowledge, moral fiber and virtue. Before you are ordained, you think that you are so talented and smart. However, once you are ordained, you have a chance to learn more about life and yourself. Then you will realize that what you thought and knew was only a fraction of what you still have to learn. Once you are ordained, you will have the chance to develop into a person of a higher standard and better standing. There is a Chinese proverb, which states, “As in a race, distance tests a horse’s endurance, so does time test the character of man.” Once we know this, we can go on to evaluate ourselves and gain a greater insight into who we truly are. Knowing other people is easy. We readily see their faults and weaknesses, but we rarely see these qualities in ourselves. Nevertheless, once you are ordained, and have studied the Dhamma, you will realize that you have much more to learn and to improve about yourself. 9. You will be a person who achieves results. 10. You will be able to cleanse your body, speech and mind