เพศฆราวาส(pêht ká-raa-wâat)
Meanings
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lay status; lay life
the state or way of life of a layperson, as opposed to that of a monk or other monastic
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สมัยก่อนsà-măi gònสมัยก่อนsà-măi gòn1the old days; former times2formerly; in the past; back thenเขาkăoเขาkăo1they; them (context-dependent)2she; her3mountain; hill4horn5he; himเคยkoeiเคยkoei1ever; before (past experience)2used to (past habit or state)บวชbùuatบวชbùuat1[to] ordain [sb]; have [sb] ordained2[to] take vows; become a nun (Buddhist)3[to] ordain; enter the monkhoodเป็นbpenเป็นbpen1[to] know how; be able to (skill)2[to] have; suffer from; be in (a condition)3to be (identity/category/state)4to becomeพระpráพระprá1Buddha image; amulet2honorific prefix/title3Buddhist monk4divine; holy (as modifier)แต่dtàeแต่dtàe1but; however (contrast)2from; since (starting point)3only; just (restriction)ตอนนี้dton néeตอนนี้dton née1now; at the moment2this time/this moment (time noun)สึกsèukสึกsèuk1[to] wear; wear down; erode2[to] disrobe (from monkhood)กลับมาglàp maaกลับมาglàp maa1[to] come back; return2[to] resume; make a comeback; be backสู่sòoสู่sòo1[to] enter; go toward (literary)2to; toward(s); into (formal/literary)เพศฆราวาสpêht ká-raa-wâatเพศฆราวาสpêht ká-raa-wâatlay status; lay lifeแล้วláeoแล้วláeo1already; completed-action marker2already; now (as of this point)3then; and then; after that4and; and then (linking clauses)
He used to be a monk, but now he has left the monkhood and returned to the lay state.
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ก่อนที่gòn têeจะjàอุปสมบทùp-bpà-sŏm-bòtท่านtâanใช้ชีวิตchái chee-wítอยู่ในyòo naiเพศฆราวาสpêht ká-raa-wâatและláeมีครอบครัวmee krôp kruuaมาก่อนmaa gòn
Before he was ordained, he lived in the lay state and had a family.
แม้máeจะjàดำรงตนdam-rong dtonอยู่ในyòo naiเพศฆราวาสpêht ká-raa-wâatแต่dtàeก็gâwสามารถsăa-mâatปฏิบัติธรรมbpà-dtì-bàt tamและláeเข้าถึงkâo tĕungแก่นแท้gàen táeของkŏngศาสนาsàat-sà-năaได้dâiเช่นกันchên gan
Even while living in the lay state, one can also practice the Dhamma and attain the essence of the religion.
การเปลี่ยนผ่านgaan bplìian pàanจากjàakสมณเพศsà-má-ná-pêetกลับglàpสู่sòoเพศฆราวาสpêht ká-raa-wâatอาจàatเป็นbpenเรื่องrêuuangท้าทายtáa-taaiสำหรับsăm-ràpอดีตà-dèetพระภิกษุprá pík-sùบางbaangรูปrôop
The transition from the monastic state back to the lay state can be a challenge for some former monks.
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เพศฆราวาสpêht ká-raa-wâatเพศฆราวาสpêht ká-raa-wâatlay status; lay life