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u/rang-rig · 30 pointsr/Buddhism

Yes. The difference between your situation and most others' might quantitative, not qualitative: we all are in the same boat. Best place to start will be to read What the Buddha taught. If you are not ready to invest in reading that short book, then start with the 4 Noble Truths and then consider exploring Impermanence, suffering and Egolessness , 12 links of Dependent Co-arising, the 8 fold path, and a lot of r/Buddhism -- e.g. These and these.

u/thetwobecomeone · 6 pointsr/Buddhism

What The Buddha Taught. Intro to Buddhism, gives historical setting and explains the fundamental concepts really well.

Eight Steps to happiness Practice of loving kindness; how to transform selfishness into love in a very practical way.

Mindfulness in Plain English Great guide to the nuts and bolts of insight meditation.

Everyday Zen Very short chapters on "living in the moment". Zen presented in a straightforward, everyday way.

u/fschmidt · 3 pointsr/AltBuddhism

The two topics here are Buddhism and Islam. Before responding, I want to know how well you understand each.

Have you visited the East? I lived in Japan for a year and spent a week in Tibet. I also read What the Buddha Taught which I think gave me a basic understanding of Buddhist ideas.

Have you read the Quran? Have you visited a mosque and discussed Islam with the leaders there? The Muslims on Reddit are all morons. Intelligent Muslims are not active in English forums. I attend mosque twice a week and often discuss religion with people there. And of course I read the Quran.

u/Bhikkhu_Jayasara · 2 pointsr/JordanPeterson

If you are looking for Buddhism related books, I'm not sure I would recommend Alan watts, as he is not, nor ever claimed to be, a Buddhist, he mixes and matches a lot with a variety of traditions and i'm not sure you will not come away from him with any clarity regarding Buddhist teaching.

I'd recommend the classic " what the buddha taught" , which you can find pretty cheap on amazon - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003OYIG00/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

or in pdf form : https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~buddhism/docs/Bhante_Walpola_Rahula-What_the_Buddha_Taught.pdf

u/Taome · 2 pointsr/askphilosophy

What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula (1974) and Buddhism: A Concise Introduction by Huston Smith and Philip Novak are the classic introductory texts to Buddhism and still used in colleges. In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon by Bhikkhu Bodhi (2005) is a newer introductory book and more text based.

u/Saxarba · 1 pointr/offmychest

I'm stalking you just briefly out of interest.

It really does sound like you've come a long way!

If you're interested in zen, r/zen may get kinda crazy about the Buddhism/not-Buddhism debate but knowing some stuff about it is helpful and out of books I've encountered I'd recommend the book What the Buddha Taught for a basic rundown of general concepts/terminology if you're brand new to it.

You don't actually need to memorize the eightfold path, six whatevers, four whatevers, and so on and so on, but having a working idea of how Buddhists talk about consciousness is a good thing to have.

You may already know that but I wanted to let you know just in case!