How to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun?

About a year ago I was completely lost. my marriage was destroyed and my life was a total mess. at that point, one night before i went to bed, i said out loud, "please who ever is out there, or whatever is out there, what is my life ment to be? please tonight while i am asleep show me in a dream, and i promise i will live my life on that path." well as you can imagine i did have a dream. it was the most beautiful thing i have ever seen. i was standing in a beautiful garden with green hills all around me and i was nude and on my back was a bunch of buddhist symbols surrounded by lotus flowers. i felt more at peace in that dream than i have in my entire life. i felt completely comfortable in by skin and like like my life had such a deeper meaning. when i woke up i knew i had to change, and i have. but i feel like there is still something missing. i feel something pulling me practice dharma full time and feel like nepal is where i should do that. how would i go about becoming a nun? i live in san francisco.

How to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun?
In Buddhism, as in other spiritual traditions, when a person ordains, they ordain under a specific teacher and in a specific tradition.



So if you'd like to ordain as a Tibetan Buddhist nun, I recommend that you first establish a relationship with a teacher of Tibetan Buddhism. With the guidance of that teacher, your practice will flourish and ordination will become a natural step for you.



The link below gives you a listing of Tibetan Buddhist centers in San Francisco and other cities in the Bay Area. I encourage you to visit as many of these centers as you can and see if you feel a particular affinity to one teacher and community. If you do, you're home!



Congratulations on your aspiration to look more deeply into your life!
Reply:I'm not sure you need to jump right into Buddhism to that extent. There's nothing wrong with Buddhism and it's actually something I would promote. It's just that dreams sometimes have a way of going overboard with symbolism and this symbolism can be taken quite literally at times.



Start studying, read, connect with Buddhists in your area. If then you feel the need to completely give yourself, then do it. I think the dream was telling you that you need to change your mind, not necessarily your life.
Reply:The Kadampa Buddhist Temple

of San Francisco

Saraha Center

3324 17th Street

San Francisco, CA 94110

Phone: (415) 503-1187

Web: MeditationinSanFrancisco.org

Email: info@kadampas.org