A Fraction of My Buddhist Journey
My extended family was primordially Taoist and we weren't Buddhists to begin with. In the year 1994 when I was 13 years old, my eldest aunt died of liver cancer and there was a sudden change of beliefs from Taoism to Buddhism. That was when I started learning more about Buddhism through watching Buddhist cartoons and comics. My relatives brought me to attend Buddhist talks and workshops of all denominations: Vajrayana, Mahayana, Theravada, you name it I've attended it. When I was 18 years old, I became a serious science student and I wanted to know how Buddhism related to modern science. I found books which taught me about the sciences that revolved around Buddhism, and that was when I was heartened enough to label myself a Buddhist. However, in the year 2003 I found myself sandwiched between Buddhism and a Christian girlfriend at university. I asked myself what I wanted in life, and I told myself that I'd be happy as long as we were able to graduate and I wanted to seek tr...
