seeking Refuge:

when you seek Refuge in
Buddha Dharma Sangha
you don't as a rule
as permission
from
Buddha Dharma Sangha
if you can seek refuge.

if you seek
and on line Buddhist teacher
or a on line Buddhist temple
you do not as a rule
ask permission.

just like you seek refuge in
Buddha Dharma Sangha
you just bow down low
and
say to your self
i seek refuge in Buddha
i seek refuge in Dharma
i seek refuge in Snagha.

then
you keep the Precpts
as a Buddhist
and practice practice practice.

you do the same
with the on line Buddhist teacher
and
on line Buddhist Temple.
bow down low
and say to yourself
- i respectfully appoint you
as my Buddhist teacher
and i shall follow all the rules
as a respectable student;
- i respectfully choose this site
to be my on line Buddhist Temple
and
i shall behave and follow the unwritten rules
an di vow
to be a respectable member of the sangha
of this Temple.
then you be faithful
as member of the sangha
and stay within the rules and regulations
which are unwritten
and practice practice practice.
palms together
deep bows, des/boo-ngoh