Buddhism
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- BobRains0
He goes to hell,
the one who asserts
what didn't take place,
as does the one
who, having done,
says, 'I didn't.'
Both -- low-acting people --
there become equal:
after death, in the world beyond.Look out President Bush, The Buddah is talking smack about you.
- BobRains0
There is only one place to start, the dhammapada
- oynk0
there's a buddhist temple on bathurst south of dundas. they often have free literature. might be a good place to start...
- Bottlerocket0
Anything with Richard Gere or Steven Seagal in it!
- vespa0
Monkey!
Japanese tv series based on ancient Chinese mythology, made into a satirical book by Wu Ch'êng-ên in the 16th century - it traces the origins of buddhism back to india. Awesome book, very funny.
- aliendn0
nice! thanks again
- spiralstarez0
I read "The Tibettan Book of Living and Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche and thought it was good.
Seems like a bit of a basic introduction to it for Westerners if that's what you are into
- PostModernStuff0
Jorge Luis Borges and Alicia Jurado, "What is Buddhism?"
D.T. Suzuki, "Essais sur le Bouddhisme Zen", Albin Michel, 1972.
- brandelec0
'I hope buddha bless ya / cuz no one else can protect ya'
- DaveId0
the dali lama's books (or interviews i guess) are very good. highly recomended to everyone for any reason.
- aliendn0
wickedness, thanks for the input.
hizzle, are u refering to the intersection of madison and bloor in downtown toronto? if so, how the hell did u know i was toronto based? u must be the all knowing buddah freak lol. but thanks again.
- loudubs0
before he kills you
- gerbert0
Kill Buddha
- nhnu0
also "Be Here Now" was very insightful to me and a few close friends. I think it's like $9 on Amazon.
- loudubs0
and that life is suffering
- nhnu0
- gerbert0
Read the Tao Te Ching (pronounced, DOW De Ching).
"The ideas "difficult" and "easy" support each other.
"Long" and "short" define each other.
"High" creates "low"
"Tone" creates "noise"
"Before" creates "after"
"Have" creates "don't have"This is why the Sage acts without effort and teaches without words.
New things are created and the Sage just accepts them.
Things fade away and the Sage accepts that too.
"
- sherman0
Siddhartha was a good book.