Saturday, April 9, 2016

A Centuries-old Tradition

A Centuries-old Tradition
Throughout all ages, the most profound impulse of the human spirit has been the longing for perfect love, understanding, joy, completeness — for Truth itself. In all the great religions of the world, there have been those who have chosen to forgo family life and worldly responsibilities in order to give themselves singleheartedly to that divine quest.

Following this centuries-old tradition, monks and nuns of the Self-Realization Fellowship Order embrace a fourfold vow of renunciation: simplicity, celibacy, obedience, and loyalty. In the religious orders of both East and West, such vows are the very foundation of the monastic life.