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Originally Posted by sky123
Youtube to prove your correct.... tee hee.... No thanks I have Monks and Nuns to learn from if I choose.
Rituals do not make you a Buddhists, Buddhism is more than that but if some CHOOSE to participate in these Rituals then that is what they feel that they need to do at that time. Nobody is FORCED to do anything that they don't want to do and if you want to follow the Dharma to the beat of your own drum then you are as much a Buddhists as one who take vows....
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I think it's usually (just about always) compulsory to take vows before undertaking instruction at any ashram, but taking vows doesn't always mean you are becoming a Buddhist, however, to become a Buddhist you also have to take the vows. There are reasons for that, mostly because sila is the foundation of meditation practice.