It must be quite cold outside this winter. (We are in an oven downunder ;-)

The Reverend Bhuddhadasa wrote about 'leaving home life only to become an abbot' (is not a way to nibbāna.

If you are looking for a good read during the long winter, may I suggest the Venerable Payutto's

พุทธธรรม ฉบับปรับขยาย a pdf is downloadable from http://www.watnyanaves.net/th/...

(It's a 1300 page book in Thai with 'hypertext links' to parts within the book and elsewhere. But I think we are upto this level of dhamma.)