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**patuvammnogoo** · 02-27-2011, 08:01 PM

Hi NoRegrets and welcome,

You don't usually need to be commited to a tradition to be able to go to their talks and meditation sessions. Just go along and take as long as you need to investigate the centre and its teachings carefully.

Its also worth investigating a little further afield to see what's available. When I first became interested in Tibetan Buddhism there weren't any centres of the type I was looking for anywhere near to where I lived - so I travelled to the other end of the country to stay at one during holiday times and some of my weekends. Eventually there was somewhere much nearer, but even then, I had to travel for 2 hrs on public transport to get there.

Now my tradition of choice has changed to the Theravada Thai Forest tradition, but it still takes me a couple of hours to get to the monastery I prefer to go to.

kind wishes,

A-D

02-27-2011, 08:01 PM	#18
patuvammnogoo Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 575 Senior Member	Hi NoRegrets and welcome, You don't usually need to be commited to a tradition to be able to go to their talks and meditation sessions. Just go along and take as long as you need to investigate the centre and its teachings carefully. Its also worth investigating a little further afield to see what's available. When I first became interested in Tibetan Buddhism there weren't any centres of the type I was looking for anywhere near to where I lived - so I travelled to the other end of the country to stay at one during holiday times and some of my weekends. Eventually there was somewhere much nearer, but even then, I had to travel for 2 hrs on public transport to get there. Now my tradition of choice has changed to the Theravada Thai Forest tradition, but it still takes me a couple of hours to get to the monastery I prefer to go to. kind wishes, A-D
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