What does it mean to be a Western Buddhist? For the predominantly Anglo-Australianaffiliates of two Western Buddhist centres in Australia, the author proposes ananswer to this question, and finds support for it from interviews and her ownparticipant-observation experience.Practitioners'prior experiences of experimentation with spiritual groups and practices--andtheir experiences of participation, practice and self-transformation--areexamined with respect to their roles in practitioners' appropriation of theBuddhist worldview, and their subsequent commitment to the path...