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Has anyone switched traditions? (kbin.social)
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To those who started in one tradition then began following another, what was your experience of that transition, and why did you make it?

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[–] ardent_abysm@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

There was a lot of unlearning and learning. The main shift was from the notion of there is nothing to develop to the notion that there is something to develop, which entailed abandoning the faith in buddhanature, and adopting a faith in having the capacity to work towards awakening through my own efforts. I made the switch after realizing what I was taught and practiced was not addressing the problem of dukkha.