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chota bhai
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(6/4/02 8:27 pm)
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there are a number of things i would like to see some discussion on. first of all, anyone had yss experience? tell me about it. there is tremendous unhappiness about how srf operates and the behavior of some of the monastics. i have close to no experience with srf, but i have stayed at yss ashrams. i stayed once at the ranchi ashram and once in dwarahat. each of those experiences were wonderfully profound and beautiful. based on the experiences i had, i have great respect for the yss monks. many of them seemed to me to be filled with devotion and spiritual vigor. have others had a similar experience? if so, why is there such a difference between peoples experience of yss and peoples experience of srf? and just how related or separated are these two organizations? as i have said, i have close to no experience with srf. my only contact with an srf monk was a recent talk by devananda. i really enjoyed the experience, but from what i gather from this site, he is somewhat of an exception to the rule. i have never visited any srf sites except for about a half hour at the lake shrine some years ago. i have always had some sort of vague aversion to srf. it has always seemed to me to be sort of a big, fancy, somewhat commercial thing. however, i have always felt drawn to yss. my experiences there have been tremendous beyond words. i know they are generally referred to as one thing srf-yss (or in india as yss-srf), but yss seems so different. yss seems to me to be so much more simple and real, not just compared with srf . but it also feels so much more real than other ashrams i have experienced in india. i have felt very drawn toward a monastic life in yss. i know many people on this board seem to be opposed to the whole idea of monastics. i dont fancy it as being anything superior. though i do feel it is equally as authentic as the householder life. anyway, i'm not trying to get into a discussion of monastic vs. householder here. i was just wondering if it is possible for an american to become a monk through yss, or do you have to be an srf monk that has been "exiled"? and as i stated in the beginning of this post, i would be greatly interested in hearing about any yss experiences.

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