Monks still experience suffering from attachments. But being renunciants, they have fewer objects of attachment. Thus it is simpler to recognize them. It is the recognition that brings wisdom. Laymen with their busy, complex lives, have a much more difficult time being mindful of their attachments.
Morality for morality's sake, or for another goal: to be perceived as "good"; or to earn something like grace, is delusional. Morality gives one the opportunity to step back, and see attachments for what they are, and give rise to wisdom.
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