How to Become a Buddhist

I get many questions on my videos about how to become a Buddhist. So here are my thoughts on that! We'll talk a bit about what happens when you turn up at a Buddhist center, what they expect of you, the difference between being a Buddhist layperson versus a monastic, and so on. We'll also turn to the question of whether it matters if we have the label "Buddhist" or not.

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✅ Video:
The Five Precepts: youtu.be/2nPjThn4Xrs

✅ Material on becoming Buddhist from a few traditions:
Becoming a Zen Buddhist: youtu.be/l7P2xTyh0Og
Becoming a Zen priest: zendust.org/monastery/ordination-and-training-z…
Lay teaching in Zen Buddhism: tricycle.org/trikedaily/lay-buddhist-teachers/
Bodhisattva vows: upaya.org/teachings/liturgy/four-great-bodhisat…

Theravāda ordination: buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhistworld/ordinati…
bhavanasociety.org/ord

Tibetan Buddhist ordination: dalailama.com/messages/buddhism/ordination-in-t…
Lama Jampa Thaye (Western Vajrāyāna practitioner): youtu.be/cinDRPwyhbE

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