/lit/ - Literature

>>23464273
Dhamma books... Free, you don't charge for the dhamma...
https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/

>>21662729
Heretical, Mahayanist goobledy-gook.
kek

>>18495628

Well, avoid the whole "Spirit Rock" brigade, like Bhikkhu (((Bodhi))) and company. Their "Buddhism" is whatever they want it to be, and they want it to be a commodity sellable to the SJW crowd...
Unfortunately, up until now most attempts at presenting Buddhism to Occidental audiences have managed to water down, ignore and/or contradict the basic tenets of Buddhism, catering to the socio-political prejudices of their left-wing, NPC audience. These audiences subsequently spend a lot of money on a "Buddhism" which does little more than give them reassurance about, and enablement of, their decadent lifestyles.
The one thing that most of these modern teachers want to avoid is anything that contradicts the prejudices of their audience, or make them in any way uncomfortable!
And this is a great pity, since serious students who are seeking a path to enlightenment will turn away in disgust from such teachings. "This is Buddhism?" they will say, and will thus miss an opportunity to have access to the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Sangha. It is through the Sangha that the average seeker encounters the Dhamma on the way to the Buddha, and when the "Sangha" is a joke, and the "Dhamma" no more than excuses for degeneracy, one is not likely to find the Buddha!
Real Buddhism is a demanding path, very difficult to live up to, and totally incompatible with a lot of the ideas held by the average audience of paying "seekers" at Spirit Rock.
There are a few decent books about Buddhism, though.
Looking at Western writers (who are often more accessible to the Western student), for the Theravada School you can't go wrong with /ourmonk/ Pannobhassa Bhikkhu's latest, Essays in Theravada Buddhism, a collection of his very insightful writings on the subject as well as some of his original translations from Pali. It gives a good look at what Buddhism actually is, as opposed to what they sell you as "Buddhism" at Spirit Rock.
So far as Mahayana/Vajrayana Buddhism goes, I recommend Alexandra David-Neel's The Secret Oral Teachings in Tibetan Buddhist Sects. This is an excellent description of Nagarjuna, whose work is central to all Mahayanist schools.
These two will reference other writers, including primary sources, which the reader can use as a springboard to further research.

>>15757053
Go Buddhism, just not the cucked American "Buddhism" that was created in the '60s.