Excerpt from The Fruit of the Homeless Life: The Samannaphala Sutta
This Sutta, though dealing primarily with the advantages which may be expected to accrue to one who zealously follows the life of a Bhikkhu in the Order established by the Buddha, covers so wide a field as to be capable of affording instruction to all who aspire to any degree of insight into the great Law of the Universe. The attainments mentioned are naturally arranged in an ascending order of value. While many of them are within reach of laymen, at least partially, others are hardly to be acquired by those occupied with the cares and duties of a householder. To attain perfection in the path marked out "may take a whole lifetime - perhaps many lifetimes. But that need not daunt any in beginning upon the practices. A beginning has to be made some time upon the march towards truth, and we have each of us all the time there is - the now!"
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