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**ChebuRAtoR** · 02-19-2011, 04:11 AM

I just wondered how many of you had taken refuge and at what point you had decided to do this?

I studied Tibetan Buddhism for some time before going along to a refuge ceremony. At the last minute I bottled out (as did a few others). A few weeks later, I wished I hadn't (as did a few others) so the head monk arranged a small ceremony for us. It was a very quiet, deeply spiritual moment in my life. That was over twenty years ago.
Nowadays, I rarely recite anything anymore. I don't need to tell myself I'm a Buddhist, I just am. I meditate when I can and I'm very glad I did take refuge, although I've drifted away from belonging to any school.

02-19-2011, 04:11 AM	#9
ChebuRAtoR Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 536 Senior Member	I just wondered how many of you had taken refuge and at what point you had decided to do this? I studied Tibetan Buddhism for some time before going along to a refuge ceremony. At the last minute I bottled out (as did a few others). A few weeks later, I wished I hadn't (as did a few others) so the head monk arranged a small ceremony for us. It was a very quiet, deeply spiritual moment in my life. That was over twenty years ago. Nowadays, I rarely recite anything anymore. I don't need to tell myself I'm a Buddhist, I just am. I meditate when I can and I'm very glad I did take refuge, although I've drifted away from belonging to any school.
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