Chapters: Ordination, Five Mountain System, Ellora Caves, Dhammananda Bhikkhuni, Shedra, the Eight Garudhammas, Dob-Dob, Thich Nhat Tu, Vinaya, Pratimoksha, Sesshin, Aurangabad Caves, Dhammacari, Tenzo, Anagarika, Damjing, Monastic Education, Memoirs of Eminent Monks. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 98. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: In general religious use, ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart as clergy to perform various religious rites and ceremonies. The process and ceremonies of ordination itself varies by religion and denomination. One who is in preparation for, or who is undergoing the process of ordination, is sometimes called an ordinand. The liturgy used at an ordination is sometimes referred to as an ordinal. Ordination of a Catholic priest (pre-1968 form of the Roman Rite).Ordination in the Catholic Church reflects Christ's sending of the Holy Spirit upon the twelve apostles at Pentecost. Filled and sealed with the Holy Spirit, the Apostles first went out to fully preach the Gospel to the world in obedience to Christ's Great Commission (and were miraculously understood by listeners of many nations as though speaking in their native tongues). Pentecost (commemorated on the 50th day of Easter each year, always on a Sunday) is celebrated as the 'birthday of the Church.' The Apostles were able to confer this indwelling of the Spirit to others, as is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles. This is the primitive practice of ordination, which continues onward today. There are three 'levels' of ordination in the Catholic Church: bishop, priest and deacon (there have been others in the past and minor changes and evolution of the hierarchical definitions have occured). These levels of ordination are sequential: first, to the diacon...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=217115
