Guest guest Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Hello, my name is Jeff Brooks. I live in the USA and I have been a lay follower of the Buddha for 30 years. In the duration of these three decades I have practiced meditation (Satipatthana) at least twice a day, as well as studied dhamma and reflected upon it almost daily, and I have endeavored to keep the 5 lifetime precepts. I have observed the 8 precepts for 4 years now, and I now sit three times a day for at least an hour each time. I dedicate every waking moment to the benefit of all beings through teaching meditation (samadhi), wisdom (panna) and ethics (sila). As a consequence of the decades of my practice regimen I have given rise to a pleasant abiding in the here and now (jhana/dhyana). My meditations are exceedingly pleasant, and I do not lose awareness when the body sleeps. Through my practice the hindrances have been subdued, so I am not compelled to pursue obsessive and compulsive behaviors that are driven by greed, ignorance, delusion, doubt, grasping and aversion that are the manifestation of narcissism, thus I lead an ethical life, and am thus a good role model. I am now 50 years old. My last child is now grown and about to leave home, as he is fully independent. I am no longer married. My parents and my children have given their permission for me to seek ordination, therefore I would like to ordain and spend the remainder of this lifetime as a monastic follower of the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, teaching and counseling students in what I have come to embody, which is meditation (samadhi), wisdom (panna) and ethics (sila). Please tell me if you are able to offer such a one as myself an ordination program, or you know of one. Kindest regards, Jeff Brooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 ---Dear Jeff, Ramana Maharshi's Direct path to Self Realisation is for the Householder[i.e.those in life] and has no monastic order.He did not advocate taking outer Sanyas but if pressed,so I have been told, he would refer devotees to inquire with the Ramakrishna Order . Best wishes ,Alan . macdocaz1 wrote: > Hello, my name is Jeff Brooks. I live in the USA and I have been a lay > follower of the Buddha for 30 years. In the duration of these three decades I have > practiced meditation (Satipatthana) at least twice a day, as well as studied > dhamma and reflected upon it almost daily, and I have endeavored to keep the 5 > lifetime precepts. > > I have observed the 8 precepts for 4 years now, and I now sit three times a > day for at least an hour each time. I dedicate every waking moment to the > benefit of all beings through teaching meditation (samadhi), wisdom (panna) and > ethics (sila). > > As a consequence of the decades of my practice regimen I have given rise to a > pleasant abiding in the here and now (jhana/dhyana). My meditations are > exceedingly pleasant, and I do not lose awareness when the body sleeps. Through > my practice the hindrances have been subdued, so I am not compelled to pursue > obsessive and compulsive behaviors that are driven by greed, ignorance, > delusion, doubt, grasping and aversion that are the manifestation of narcissism, thus > I lead an ethical life, and am thus a good role model. > > I am now 50 years old. My last child is now grown and about to leave home, > as he is fully independent. I am no longer married. My parents and my > children have given their permission for me to seek ordination, therefore I would > like to ordain and spend the remainder of this lifetime as a monastic follower of > the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha, teaching and counseling students in what I > have come to embody, which is meditation (samadhi), wisdom (panna) and ethics > (sila). > > Please tell me if you are able to offer such a one as myself an ordination > program, or you know of one. > > Kindest regards, > > Jeff Brooks > > > > Post message: RamanaMaharshi > Subscribe: RamanaMaharshi- > Un: RamanaMaharshi > List owner: RamanaMaharshi-owner > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www./community/RamanaMaharshi > Links > > > > > ===== alan _________ Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger./download/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Hello Alan, it is interesting that Ramana Maharshi would not recommend monasticism , when he was not a house holder, interesting. Be that as it may the Ramakrishna Order and the Vedanta Society are certainly excellent recommendations I had not thought of. Kindest regards, Jeff Brooks RamanaMaharshi, Alan Jacobs <alanadamsjacobs> wrote: > ---Dear Jeff, Ramana Maharshi's Direct path to Self Realisation is for the Householder[i.e.those > in life] and has no monastic order.He did not advocate taking outer Sanyas but if pressed,so I > have been told, he would refer devotees to inquire with the Ramakrishna Order . > > Best wishes ,Alan . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Dear Jeff, Ramana was not a sannyasi as such. And really, after one renounces everything then there is only one thing left to renounce and that is renunciation itself. You are free. Why muck it up? --- "Jeffrey S. Brooks" <macdocaz1 wrote: > Hello Alan, it is interesting that Ramana Maharshi > would not recommend > monasticism , when he was not a house holder, > interesting. Be that as > it may the Ramakrishna Order and the Vedanta Society > are certainly > excellent recommendations I had not thought of. > > Kindest regards, > > Jeff Brooks > > RamanaMaharshi, Alan Jacobs > <alanadamsjacobs> wrote: > > ---Dear Jeff, Ramana Maharshi's Direct path to > Self Realisation is > for the Householder[i.e.those > > in life] and has no monastic order.He did not > advocate taking outer > Sanyas but if pressed,so I > > have been told, he would refer devotees to inquire > with the > Ramakrishna Order . > > > > Best wishes ,Alan . > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2004 Report Share Posted March 16, 2004 Hello Michael, if one is free, then there is no "mucking" it up regardless of what one does. Kindest regards, Jeff Brooks In a message dated 3/16/04 10:40:47 AM, RamanaMaharshi writes: << Mon, 15 Mar 2004 19:00:58 -0800 (PST) Michael Bowes <rmichaelbowes Re: Re: Seeking Monastic Ordination in the Sangha Dear Jeff, Ramana was not a sannyasi as such. And really, after one renounces everything then there is only one thing left to renounce and that is renunciation itself. You are free. Why muck it up? >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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