At the beginning of last month, three new candidates – Chong Bon taking on the Sāmaṇera training [precepts beginning at 10:15], Gary and Ryan taking the Anāgārika training [precepts beginning at 45:21] – made the request to join the Abhayagiri monastic community to further their spiritual training, and were accepted. Throughout the ceremony Ajahn Pasanno, their preceptor, gives various reflections on the act of going forth and its meaning and prerequisites, as well as the purpose and benefit of living according to the precepts and the monastic form. Wisely, he reminds them that “training takes time,” and to look to their teachers, our elders, as their role models. All three candidates resume their chanting and take dependence together, at [01:06:00]. Chong Bon receives his new name at [01:15:53]. This talk was offered on November 7, 2016at Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery.