ยิ่งนึกยิ่งปลื้มใจ เพราะความดีงามที่ทำไว้ตอนบวชจะไหลผ่านต่อเนื่อง เป็นเครื่องเหนี่ยวนำบุญที่ทำครั้งเดียวใช้ได้ตลอดชีวิต และหากบำเพ็ญครบถ้วนตอนบวชก็เท่ากับได้บารมีสิบทัศไปพร้อมกันด้วยThe more one recalls it, the more joy it brings — the goodness built during ordination keeps flowing continuously, a channel for merit built once and usable for a lifetime. Done thoroughly, ordination itself fulfills all ten perfections at once.
Someone asked: what merit comes from often recalling the good deed of having ordained?
Recalling the merit of ordination depends on how genuine one's intention was at the time. The more sincere that intention was, the more joy arises each time it's recalled. The goodness built during ordination keeps flowing continuously — everything done alongside wholesomeness during that time becomes a channel that draws merit in, built just once but usable for a lifetime. It's a channel for merit that only requires being recalled often. In the next life, when we're reborn, we carry this benefit forward as well.
This is because, during ordination and its practices, we fulfill the perfection of giving through generosity, the perfection of through keeping , the perfection of wisdom through listening to and studying the , the perfection of renunciation through practicing meditation, along with the perfections of effort and through endurance, and the perfections of truthfulness, resolve, , and equanimity. Fulfilling all of these together amounts to completing all ten perfections at once, along with the orious action in full — which makes ordination easier to undertake again in the next life as well.