Buddhism

>>9108966
Stop being a lazy faggot and read the diamond sutra and the Lanka

In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon

https://www.google.ro/?gws_rd=ssl#q=dalai+lama+books

>>9108966

Dhammapada

Siddhartha by Herman Hesse is all you need OP, it basically details the Buddha's life and philosophy starting from a young age.

>>9108966
What's your purpose OP? Strictly academic interest or seeking spiritual enlightenment?

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>>9109109
>Read The Bible.

Fuck off with that Eastern spirituality shit.

>>9109086
I second that.

>>9109100
Strictly academic

Lord of Light obviously

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>>9108966
>"I'm looking for a book on the teachings of Jesus Christ, anyone has any clue what I should read first?"

Hope the Tibetan Buddhist comes in this thread to drop a bunch of links and recommendations.

>>9109067
This.

and this >>9109086

>>9109413
Like reading Meister Eckhart to find out about Jesus.

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I hate Buddhism.

>>9108966

Start with "What the Buddha Taught" by Walpola Rahula. Then read the Dhammapada. Then read "In the Buddhas Words" by Bhikku Bodhi

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

>>9109095

What the protagonist experiences in Hesse's novel actually has little to do with Buddhism and is more closer to Hinduism

>>9108966
Fakes who stare at the inside of their eyelids: And you expect to learn from their "experiential" wisdom?
We do have to open-mindedly consider religions so we can intelligently conclude they're for loser followers who have nothing of consequence of their own in their empty, pitiful lives. Believers lack intelligence and common sense.

>>9109095
LOL IRL

really though, OP, best answers so far have been

Diamond Sutra
Dhammapada

I'd also suggest the Lotus Sutra (at least the first 8 or so chapters), the Vimalakirti Sutra, and Hui Neng's commentary on the Diamond Sutra.

After some of that, you're gonna have a better idea of what kinds of Buddhism interest you and you can get more specific from there.

>>9110062
The act of mediation need not be spiritual or religious. The thought process and ideas that comes with Buddhism need not be coupled with the metaphysics of it.

>>9110999
meditation*

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>>9108966
By far the best book about Buddhism from a contemporary Ethiopian author

I remember coming to /lit/ a few years ago into some buddhist thread with a guy ranting how JC and the buddha were actually friends (or the same person, I can't remember) and having good evidence to back it up . Anyone remember what I'm talking about?

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>>9111182
That wasn't /lit/ that was /a/ and the evidence was Saint Young Men

>>9111195
kek. watched all ep's + the movie a few days ago.

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You gotta start with the Aryans.

>>9109478
Someone being this salty over good quality sources and things to look into!

The Bodhisattvacharyāvatāra or Bodhicaryāvatāra, sometimes translated into English as A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life is a pretty important read.