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.