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**asypecresty** · 10-11-2010, 08:55 PM

I then found that the Theravada Thai Forest tradition suited me so much better

I second this. The best place to start learning is a place that does not push too many speculative beliefs down your throat at the beginning but a place that invites you to investigate and learn through direct observation. That is what the Buddha taught his disciples. He told them to "see" for themselves. So you can ask yourself. Do you blindly follow certain Dhamma teachings your teachers tell you to follow although you have no means to verify them? If yes, then you probably are not in the most comfortable place as you want to be in right?

10-11-2010, 08:55 PM	#12
asypecresty Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 382 Senior Member	I then found that the Theravada Thai Forest tradition suited me so much better I second this. The best place to start learning is a place that does not push too many speculative beliefs down your throat at the beginning but a place that invites you to investigate and learn through direct observation. That is what the Buddha taught his disciples. He told them to "see" for themselves. So you can ask yourself. Do you blindly follow certain Dhamma teachings your teachers tell you to follow although you have no means to verify them? If yes, then you probably are not in the most comfortable place as you want to be in right?
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