Wait for Ordination
A 63-year-old student wrote to Rinpoche requesting ordination. She said she wished to renounce her samsaric mind and join the Sangha community for good. She could offer service in health care, cooking, translation, transcribing, office work and so on.
My very dear one,
I am very surprised to receive a letter from you after so many years. Thank you very, very much. I am eager to learn from you, in the 40 years since you left Nepal, what you have learned, the essence. You can tell me when I meet you.
I understand the reasons why you want to become a nun. The general reasons I understand—your age and many things—but still it may not be the right time for you to be ordained. I think maybe you need to come to the center and stay there for some time, maybe one or two years, and study more lamrim and do more meditation first. Then you can become a nun; then more stable.
You told me what qualities you have, so maybe you can benefit the center. What you are thinking now, that is what really has to be done.
With much love and prayers...