I Will Not Reject My Faith in God

Many people who come to DhammaCaKraTra grew up with a deep faith in God. They may wonder whether practising Buddhism means rejecting the faith of their family, their childhood or their culture. It does not have to.

The Buddha’s teaching is a path of ethical training, meditation and insight. It invites us to see clearly what is happening in the mind and to act with kindness. It does not require us to pretend that we have no questions, and it does not ask us to abandon the love and meaning we have received from our own tradition.

“Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so this Dhamma has one taste, the taste of liberation.”

If you carry a faith in God, you can bring it with you. You can sit, chant, reflect and serve. You can let the Dhamma deepen your compassion and clarify your life, without needing to declare war on the faith that shaped you.

Our temple is a place for honest practice, not for forcing anyone into a new identity.