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Masaki asked, is one able to ordain with a medical condition such as epilepsy that they take medicine for?

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I'll start now.

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Yes, it's possible to meditate.

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The question of course is what the medication does to your mind.

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I would, if possible, much rather have, especially with epilepsy, have a person slowly begin to wean themselves off the medication in favor of the meditation.

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And when an epileptic fit occurs, because as I understand they're mainly physical, I don't know how it affects the mind, and maybe you can enlighten us, but

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If you're having an epileptic fit and you're still able to be mindful of it, then just be mindful of it as best you can.

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If you want to take some medication, then take some medication.

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To ordain, I think that is not allowed.

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I'm not sure that ordination is not possible when you have epilepsy.

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This is one of the questions of the sicknesses.

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As far as I think,

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It depends how extreme it is, I suppose.

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If you can find, if you can, if you can, we should do this as a test.

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What I said, we'll practice meditation.

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I'm sorry I misread the question, but do that as a test.

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If through meditation practice, your epilepsy is,

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well, even cured, then you could ordain, because the word is just a word.

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If certain things occur in the body, they may change over time.

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Of course, these sicknesses, if a person becomes cured of these things, then they can ordain.

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So you should test it out in the meditation, see how your meditation practice affects it, because you should certainly have these things.

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dealt with before you ordain.

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Having any condition for which you have to take medication for, which you have to take, or in order to function properly, have to take medication for, is a real sign that you may not be able to ordain.

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because you can't be sure that you're going to get that medication even though you'll be allowed to there's allowances to ask for it and so on it becomes a burden and because of the uncertainty of being a monk and the necessity of being content with whatever you get makes it quite a

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a burden to the Sangha and a barrier to your own ability to carry out all of the duties of a monk and keep the hundreds of rules and the practices and the communal lifestyle.

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There are certain sicknesses I don't remember all.

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Leprosy is one.

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Ringworms, I think, is one.

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And I think epilepsy is one of them.

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There are certain sicknesses you cannot have, or if you have them, you cannot ordain.

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There is a part of the ordination procedure where you are questioned, do you have this, do you have that?

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And if you say, yes, I do, then you'll probably be advised not to ordain.

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Okay.