Buddhist
monk One Night's Shelter - His Autobiography
Some of the people caught up in the '60s drug culture ruined their
lives. A few turned their lives around and became example to others.
Buddhist monk Bhikkhu Yogavacara
Rahula (Joseph Duprez) turned away from his addictions
at the right age by discovering the truth at the right time with
the right teachers. "One Night's Shelter" illustrates
how this dramatic but gradual change took place. Buddhist
monk
His teaching of Dhamma is based on his own personal
experiences with sex, drugs, and self - centered behavior. Transforming
a chaotic life into a regular one is very difficult, much less
turning to the religious and Buddhist
monk from US contemplative path. One needs great determination
and 100 percent honesty to do it. Bhikkhu Yogavacara Rahula has
accomplished this task on his own initiative guided by his own
inner voice. Buddhist monk
On one level this book could be an inspiring guide to anyone trapped
in hedonism and unhealthy habits of body and mind. American
Buddhist monk They will come to see how he gave up these
habits and patterns and turned a new page in his life by following
the Dhamma. It's not something that happened overnight. But he
persevered, aided by the diligent practice of mindfulness.Buddhist
monk
I met bhikkhu in 1985 in Sri Lanka for the first time. When I
saw him for the first time I had already accepted many appointments
to see people in Sri Lanka and did not have much time to spend
with him. American Buddhist monk When
he came to live at the Bhavana Society as my assistant in 19871
began to know him little by little. He is a monk who does not
care for food or comfort. He is a monk who has devoted each day
he lives to the practice of Dhamma in action. The Buddha's description
of a monk like him is: Buddhist monk from
America
"The person who wears a plain
robe, who is lean with veins showing all over the body and who
meditates alone in the forest - him do I call a Brahmana."
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This is him. He is lean with veins showing all over the body and
who meditates alone in the forest" at the Bhavana meditation
center. When he is not meditating he is working for the benefit
of those come to this center to meditate and for those who live
here meditating. He does not expect any reward or recognition
for his work. Buddhist monk On the
day we dedicated the new meditation hall, I said to him that I
would like to say a few words about his work on the new hall.
He told me" Please don't say anything about me. I feel embarrassed
to hear any flattery." Buddhist monk
Once he opened his eyes to Dhamma, Bhikkhu Rahula began to appreciate
the value of his parents, teacher, friends, Dhamma and the whole
word. Not too many people these days in the West folly appreciate
what their parents have done for them. Buddhist
monk As long as you remain blind to the truth of your parents'
value you will never appreciate their sacrifices for you. This
was but a part of his awakening to the word and to his life. Buddhist
monk
Ultimately, you are totally responsible for your life. Bhikkhu
Rahula's commitment to the Dhamma and practice of Yoga and meditation
brought him to an extraordinary position. Buddhist
monk Today he is a prominent meditation instructor
and teaches Yoga and meditation all over the world. He states
very dramatically how he was "reborn" on listening to
a Dhamma talk on his first retreat: "This is Thanksgiving
Day, the first day of the rest of my life. Today I am reborn!"
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This actually is what you realize when you first glimpse the Truth
of Dhamma. This is inevitable. You have to experience it. No matter
how many words you hear or read, you will never be able to make
this expression with total sincerity and honesty until you touch
the depth of Dhamma. "One Night Shelter" can
be an inspiration. Buddhist monk
Ven. Dr. Henepola Gunaratana Thera
Chief Priest of the United States and North American Meditation
Society
Hight View, West Virgina, USA Buddhist monk
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Book Description:
Buddhist Monk - Yogavacara Rahula was born as Scott Joseph Duprez
in southern California in 1948. He grew up during the hippie revolution
and entered the U.S.Army for three years in 1967, spending ten
months in Vietnam. Buddhist monk
In 1972 he began a long odyssey starting in Scandinavia which
took him half way around the world to India and Nepal characterized
by staying 'stoned' on hashish much of the time with numerous
trips on LSD. In Nepal he encountered his first spiritual teachers,Buddhist
monk Tibetan Lamas, at a month long meditation course,
by the end of which he was converted more or less to being a Buddhist
or at least an earnest seeker after Truth.
His search brought him south to Sri Lanka where he got ordained
as a Buddhist monk in 1975. Buddhist monk
He remained in Sri Lanka off and on until 1986 when he returned
to the U.S.A. Since then he has been living at the Bhavana Society,
a forest monastery/meditation centre in West Virginia.
He conducts retreats integrating Yoga breathing and exercise
with Vipassana meditation in the U.S.A., Germany and elsewhere
from time to time. Also by the author is a book on the Buddha's
teaching entitled, The Way to peace and Happiness.
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