When I turned fourteen my mother and my relatives took me to Wat Srilumongala, the main temple in Sakon Nakorn Province, about nine kilometers from my village. The ordination ceremony was quite simple, and we did not spend much money. Ordination for monks and novices differs in Buddhism. The ceremony for novices simply requires acceptance of the Ten Precepts. A monk, on the other hand must accept two hundred twenty-seven rules in a ceremony that involves a lot of chanting.
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