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**JAMES PIETERSE** · 12-01-2011, 03:09 AM

Hi,

I have an extremely entry level question I hope someone can help me with!

I have been interested in Buddhism for years, and have read several books on the subject, including boks by The Dalai Lama, Alan Watts and Geshe Kelsang Gyatso.

I feel that I am ready to look more deeply into Buddhism now, and would like to attend a course, discussions or meditation classes of some type. My problem is that there seem to be many different Schools of Buddhism about offering these classes, and I have no idea which one I should go along to.

In my local area there are courses offered on Kadampa Buddhism, Triratna Buddhism, Amida Buddhism, Diamon Way Buddhism...

Does it matter which one I go to? Are there likely to be any major difference? Do I approach it like I did when I was choosing a football team to support as a child - picking a team and then sticking to it for life, or do I try out a few different ones and see which one fits? Or are they all basically operating on the same idea and it doesn't matter?

Any advice will be gratefully received.

Thank you.

12-01-2011, 03:09 AM	#1
JAMES PIETERSE Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 520 Senior Member	Different schools of Buddhism Hi, I have an extremely entry level question I hope someone can help me with! I have been interested in Buddhism for years, and have read several books on the subject, including boks by The Dalai Lama, Alan Watts and Geshe Kelsang Gyatso. I feel that I am ready to look more deeply into Buddhism now, and would like to attend a course, discussions or meditation classes of some type. My problem is that there seem to be many different Schools of Buddhism about offering these classes, and I have no idea which one I should go along to. In my local area there are courses offered on Kadampa Buddhism, Triratna Buddhism, Amida Buddhism, Diamon Way Buddhism... Does it matter which one I go to? Are there likely to be any major difference? Do I approach it like I did when I was choosing a football team to support as a child - picking a team and then sticking to it for life, or do I try out a few different ones and see which one fits? Or are they all basically operating on the same idea and it doesn't matter? Any advice will be gratefully received. Thank you.
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