Conversion originally refers to the Buddhist ceremony, which means submission and attachment to Buddhism, Buddhism and monks, so it is also called three conversions. Three conversions are the basic threshold for converting to Buddhism. With the change of faith and practice, there will be five commandments, eight precepts, ten commandments and so on. We know that there are two kinds of monks, one is a monk who has a haircut and the other is a monk who doesn't have a haircut. They are called lay disciples of Buddhism, that is, lay people. In history, Su Shi belongs to the second kind of lay man, called Dongpo lay man.
Conversion to Buddhism requires rituals, but different periods need to accept conversion etiquette in different periods. However, it should be noted that what you really want to convert is not etiquette, nor Buddha statues, monks or Buddhism, but the true Buddha who converts to your true heart and your own nature. The Buddhist scripture says: to be good at knowledge and convert to self-nature is to convert to the true Buddha. Buddha's self-sexiness, the self-righteousness of the maker. The purity of the monk himself. Therefore, the three treasures of cloud self-nature.
There are no conditions for conversion to Buddhism, and anyone can convert to Buddhism. The most important thing in conversion is internal conversion, but the external form is not important, because Buddhism emphasizes essence rather than form. Our true conversion to Buddhism is not judged by these rituals, but by our own nature. What we want to convert to is awareness, righteousness and purity.