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Yes, I switched from Soto Zen to the Thai forest tradition of Theravada.
This or that tradition was not my concern, but rather getting guidance on establishing right view.
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Did you intend to direct your comment to me, or the OP?
* Is there a world outside of you? Or is there no world outside of you? * Experience independent of your senses * Is the world eternal or not * The Root of All Sutta MN 1 * How to develop "not-mine" and "not-I am" * Necessity of virtue * You exist because you take things to be yours * When Eternity becomes impermanent and unownable * Disowning yourself * Right and wrong questions * Simile of the arrow and the surgeon * How to diminish the pressure of sensual desires
Theravada Buddhist Sutta from the Pāli Canon
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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.
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