rules and regulations for sannyas

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I am in search for information about the rules and regulations one has to follow for practice of sannyas.

Living in Europe there is no possiblity for me to take formal sannyas, however, this is not important, important is to follow the rules and regulations a sannyasi(ni) has to follow.

Has someone information?

Are there spiritual texts where the rules for sannyasis/sannyasinis are described?

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--- Alexandra Kafka <alexandra.kafka wrote:

 

> I am in search for information about the rules and

> regulations one has to follow for practice of

> sannyas.

> Living in Europe there is no possiblity for me to

> take formal sannyas, however, this is not important,

> important is to follow the rules and regulations a

> sannyasi(ni) has to follow.

> Has someone information?

> Are there spiritual texts where the rules for

> sannyasis/sannyasinis are described?

 

 

IAN: Sri Ramana was not a strong advocate of outward

practices of renunciation as I understand his teaching.

When asked such questions, Ramana would point out that

true renunciation is not a physical actions, instead it

is initially a cognitive renunciation of identification

with the false self (mental phenomena) and thereby with

the perception of being apart from an " external " world.

 

Jnana Yoga is more concerned with cognitive inquiry

(asking " Who am I? " ) and modification of the erroneous

identification with the mind than with following vows

of renunciation, which are more a part of Raja Yoga.

 

When asked if celibacy (brahmacharya) is necessary,

Ramana pointed out that " Brahmacharya is 'living in

Brahman'. It has no connection with celibacy as

commonly understood. " However, he also noted that

" Celibacy is certainly an aid to realisation. " My

reading is that what Ramana is saying is that don't

assume that physical actions or non-actions produce

realization. According to Jnana Yoga as I understand

it, the view is that it is the mind that produces the

illusion of a local (isolated) self and so it is the

mind (through inquiring " Who am I? " ) that stops it.

 

 

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