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Not much help, so far
Yes, I’m afraid there’s not much help on “how to go about” yet. I wrote about that in my most recent page. It’s embarrassing. I meant to write this very early on, and two years later it’s not up yet. It turned out to be harder than I thought… but it is coming…
I don’t intend to do an overview or comparison of specific Buddhist traditions, with their features and benefits. I think it would be difficult to do them all justice, or to avoid mischaracterizing them unintentionally. And anyway there are several books and sites that do that.
Rather, I hope to provide suggestions about the process of selection—not in terms of what specific things to look for, but abstractly what kinds of questions to ask and how to know whether you are making progress.
link to /dzogchen-controversy not working.
Your post links to /dzogchen-controversy, but when I want to read it I just get
Sorry, you are not authorized to view this page. It's probably just a draft.
Can you check on that and maybe make it accessible?
Regards!
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You said,
I look forward to more of that, but so far, from the table of contents, I only see signs that you are teach readers how to select Aro, not other “specific Buddhist traditions.”
I guess that would be a lot of work to help someone find their “fit” in the myriad of traditions that are possible. But it would be cool if this site actually added the Theravada, Zen, Shin, and even Yoga systems that others may find more “fit” than Aro. And then hints of the benefits of these traditions.