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Need help finding the right temple...please =)

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Darth Moe

PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:37 am


Hi I've been looking a lot into Buddhism and looked up some Mahayana [but there is none near here] traditioned temples around my area. There are some Theravada temples here that I've come across and wanted to check them out. However I'm not sure how to go about it. I'm still learning about everything and just wanted to check it out and make sure it was for me. I don't though...want to be mislead by a "bad" teachers or misguided information.

I saw the thread about how to tell if the teachers were bad but I wanted to know more about this specific type of temple. I'm not even sure if it's a real temple or just a place yet. I'm still not sure exactly what to expect from these places.

When I go to Temple do I have to wear a certain type of clothing?

Here are the names of the Temples I found:

Mettanada Vinara
Padma Shedrup Ling
Wat Duddhanusorm [same location/adress as above]

So if anyone could please provide me information about what they do that their temples and what I should be expecing etc... would be apprectiated 3nodding

Oh yes and If I'm more interested in Mahayana are the practices much different than those of Theravada?

Sorry I sound so informed I'm just checking things out...and I have read about it just gets a little confusing in the beggining about all the different types and such sweatdrop
PostPosted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:48 pm


I was nervous to call them...but I did and they didn't pick up. I'm afraid I'll ask the wrong questions or sound stupid to them >.<

I know I probably won't I just don't know what type of "ettiquit" I should expect or the way I should present myself.

Darth Moe


Mizu Otaku Monkey

PostPosted: Sun Dec 17, 2006 3:19 pm


I don't really think that this will be much help, but here goes.

I was having the same problem you were, and I just couldn't find anywhere I wanted to go. Then, last week my school had two speakers! Before I go on, I must add that I go to an alternative high school, and our current theme is religion. Anyway, the first speaker invited me to something I didn't expect, a very small private Hindu meditation group, where nothing goes on but very long meditation sessions. I was very excited, and still am, and I plan on going soon, but then the next day, we had a Buddhist nun come, and invite me to a Buddhist monastery open to the public! Anyway, I guess my point is that even if it seems like you're having trouble, something will come to you that will be very helpful.

Hope that helped somehow.
PostPosted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:54 pm


No that helped, it was very encouraging =D

I started to wonder if my question was stupid because no one was responding sweatdrop

I want to go by the Mahayana practices but we mostly only have Theravada temples here.

But thank you ^ ^ hopefully something will come up that could better help me rather than the internet. I think it'd be much more helpful to go to a temple or join some sort of group than just reading about it 3nodding

Darth Moe

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