Question

Can you forget your position simply because you've turned a Buddhist ? Whose position the speaker is talking about ? What was his position?

Answer 1

Explanation:

The position is some worldly position, could a political or government position but here the writer is using anamoloy with Budda.

Budda was a saint person who didnt have any charm in wordly possessions. In search of true englightment, Buddha left his royal luxuries  Buddha travelled on foot throughout northern India  

So that is why the writer says that when a person shift towards Budhism, it means that he forgets his wordily positions