/lit/ - Literature

>>22526459
This, but without feeling sad about it

>>18297488
You have grasped the first noble truth

What exactly is non-self? And if the self isn't real, then what is it that is reborn?

>>16626304
Having a truly unconditioned existence is reserved only to those who achieve Awakening, and that doesnt include French pseuds with shitty Freudian theories.

Any books/methods on Stream Entry? I want to escape the wheel of becoming.

/lit/ i wanna start with buddhism, but i dont want to fall for the western buddhism meme. Where should i start?
dont say the Greco-Buddhists

>>13346541
The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius???

Honestly, no fictional books will ever motivate you to do something with you life. Fiction books will do the exact opposite, you will want to stay inside reading and indulging in escapism more and more. They might even make you lazy and fearful of the real World. Philosophy on the other hand, can actually compel you to do something instead of sitting on your ass all day. Buddhist Philosophy will also make you stress a lot less if you actually take it seriously and believe in it. I'd recommend checking into it.

Why was the Buddha silent when asked whether there is a supreme transcendent deity?

Have people ever successfully criticized Buddhism as a philosophical system without having to resort to faulty translations or obvious misconceptions? I knew Nietzsche wasn't too fond of it, but im not sure what criticism he really offered.

>mfw people still fall for the trap of psychoanalysis

Why have you not yet escaped the wheel of Samsara?

>claims to have a cure for the sickness that is life, but denies being nihilistic and life-denying.
>claims extinguishment will be the end of suffering, but doesnt say what happens after extinguishment

is this religion a fraud?

Any good introductions to Buddhism? I reread Salinger's "Teddy" this morning and it piqued my interest in the subject.