Hello Brian and Welcome to the JSG. I had hoped you'd post this thread to Dhamma_Teacher (please see below), as I think it is more on topic there than here. ...
Jeffrey Brooks
jhanananda@...
Mar 2, 2004 3:47 pm
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Hello everyone. I plan to post ordination programs that sweem promising. I was deeply moved by the sincerity of this person and his endeavor. I thought you...
Hello Jeff, and thanks for the welcome. I think you're right - my original post should have been here rather than the Jhanas group. ... I think you're...
Hello Everyone, Bhavana Society has a highly regarded monastic ordination program and they claim to be committed to jhana. You will find there web site and...
It does not seem right deny someone the opportunity to intensify his/her practice on the path to enlightenment. I hope that religion is not getting in the...
Well, Jeff - it looks like the universe doesn't want you to be in Virginia. Too bad they didn't give you any reason for the denial. I figure it can't be due...
Hello Brian, interesting that you would mention Pa Auk Monastery I have been receiving messages from people directing me there. It is also good to know they...
Hello John and thank-you for your kind support however we must keep in mind everyone has a right to choose his or her students for cultivating the right mix of...
Hello Brian, all good points. However we in Arizona can still buy quite a big scrap of land for not much and we can put 8x10 kutis up with little conflict ...
Hello Roxana, and thank-you for your excellent points. If you don't mind I will copy this message to Dhamma_Teacher where this is the topic of interest there....
Hello berthathegood, all good points, but I lived in many of communes in the 60s and 70s. What seemed to be the common down fall of every commune I visited in...
Hello Brian, and thank-you for your excellent and insightful tour of Theravadan Buddhism I agree with you in much of what you say. Interesting idea on the...
Hello Bernard, it is not God or myself who need ordination, it is people who are caught up in nama-rupa that need their teachers ordained. many kind regards, ...
This is a good point ... From: MacDocAZ1@... To: Jhanas@yahoogroups.com ; Dhamma_Teacher@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 2:23 PM Subject:...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Dhamma_Teacher group. File : /PA-AUK...
Dhamma_Teacher@yahoog...
Mar 8, 2004 3:27 pm
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Hello sky_dancer, and thank-you so much for sending Anders' story to us. I met Anders via the web just before he left for Asia last summer, so it is really...
Excellent research sky_dancer, thank-you so much. You will find I have posted in the file section of Dhamma_Teacher the "RULES FOR FOREIGNERS AT PA-AUK TAWYA...
Hello sky_dancer and thank-you for your continued interest in my ordination. I have forwarded this message on to the Dhamma_Teacher group, because I thought...
It could also be because of your age. It takes many many years of training to even reach full monkhood. You would have to learn and adapt to their routine of...
Hi Everyone, I believe this is exactly what's happening and it's not only in Buddhism. For some time now I've been watching how organized religion has a big ...
Hello Everyone, I thought you might like reading about this monk. Blessings, Jeff Brooks Phra Farang An English Monk in Thailand Phra Peter Pannapadipo Review1...
Anyone seeking ordination should be aware of the Vinaya, this list of Vinaya rules claims to have been especially adopted for Westerners however there are a...
There is also another book you might find interesting: The Ochre Robe: An Autobiography by Agehananda Bharati Here is what one reviewer had to say on it: ...
You know Sue and John, if they aren't going to play along then we can just start our own religion, any time we want to. Best regards, Jeff Brooks In a message...
That would be quite some irony if I was just too old now. Oh well, we'll see. I am pretty fit, certainly not geriatric. I believe I would be far more useful...
I am all for that---John ... From: MacDocAZ1@... To: Dhamma_Teacher@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [Dhamma_Teacher]...
In a message dated 3/12/04 2:19:11 PM, GomangCenter writes: << Jeff, Michael, Sorry it took so long to get back to you. I haven't been checking this email for...
In a message dated 3/12/04 12:57:47 PM, arizonaktc@... writes: << hi Jeff, Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, the main seat of HH Karmapa in N America, does...
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