life help: looking for a book that would be a good introduction to buddhism…

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looking for a book that would be a good introduction to buddhism…

im not really looking for every little detail about the specifics of how to practice it… (soup spoon on the left isn’t what im after) instead i’m looking for a deep look into the structure of the belief, its teachings, and the philosophies of life it presents… i’ve read alot of bad reviews for a bunch of the begginners guides to buddhism on amazon, so “buddhism for dummies” isn’t really the direction im going for…

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rncwnd home safe 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (5 minutes after post)

try reading something by the Dalai Lama himself… the road to happiness is a fgood one (or is it, path to happiness? i forget).

there are many different forms of buddhism, some that don’t count the Dalai Lama as a spiritual leader… have you looked on the internet?

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (6 minutes after post)

amazon is terrible for spiritual kinds of things anyway, i doubt you’ll find much help there.

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mumstheword 72 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (8 minutes after post)

You may find some useful info on here.. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religio…

It has some links to sites which may point you in the direction of good reading material. Good luck.

paranoiaman 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (11 minutes after post)

“Entering The Stream” by Samuel Bercholz

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paranoiaman 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (15 minutes after post)

With buddhism, you can’t really jump in at the deep end (no pun intended)
Something by Thich Nhat Hanh is good to start with, too.
For a more involved discourse, “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying” by Sogyal Rinpoche is a stoater.

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JesusMurphy 5 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (43 minutes after post)

paranoiaman wrote:
For a more involved discourse, “The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying” by Sogyal Rinpoche is a stoater.

Yeah, my mom’s got that one; its a good read.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 5 months ago (1 hour, 12 minutes after post)

I have read a book named “world religion” it is a very useful book . it was talking about all the religions of the world including buddism .

All religions are explained in breif , no details , it showes the teahes & the philosophy of each religion .

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name with no face 5 #
Warminster, PA, US | 1 year, 5 months ago (1 day, 19 hours after post)

hmmm… well i heard that the Tibetan Buddhism is very different from other Buddhism… but i will look into it… and i guess the best description for what im looking for can be explained as such. If a Buddhist priest (or expert of any kind) had 1 week to teach me the ways and philosophies of Buddhism, what he would teach in that week. If i could find that in book form it would be great… i’ll be looking into the suggestions above, and thank you very much for them.

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