/lit/ - Literature

>>22828882

>>22360535
>Bible, Siddhartha, and Quran
>2 primary texts and a work of fan fiction
read this instead of Siddy, or before it at least

>>21891549

Pewdiepie's catalog included this. Is this really the normie gold standard for an intro into buddhism? Are there better books?

>>21652856

>>21547756

>>20926653
this

>>20699041

>>20664811

What is the best anthology of Buddhist scriptures, besides pic related?

Is there an equivalent of pic related for Hinduism?
The Buddhist view on reality immediately clicked with me intuitively but I realize that I know nothing about Hinduism (only read the Bhagavad Gita) and I want to know what the fuss is, considering Hinduism still exists and wasn't simply made obsolete by Buddhists.

>>20069644
I read pic related and I just got the first Nikaya

>>20028528
Unironically the Pali Canon has been the best literature I ever read for my mental health.

>>19564934

>>19362614

>>19358602
This book made me a lot happier

>>19317544
Buddha. Gave me a better outlook on the state of being as well as equipping me with the tools to control the subconscious mind.

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>>19149520
Shut up. Right nw I'm reading a book i got from PewDiePie of all people there are budhist lit charts

>>18920993

Are you baiting? What did your expect from a book like that? Anyway try pic related it’s pretty good

This book changed my life so I thought I would post it here and leave without elaborating. Thank you.

>>17370638
For Buddhism, definitely start with pic related, it's the best introductory book out there.

I'm currently reading this as an introduction to dharmic doctrine.
In the sixth chapter, the author presents the idea of "deepening" one's perception of the world, through the abandonment of sensual pleasures.
The analogy used by Shakyamuni is the following (roughly paraphrasing): men are like lepers picking at their scabs and holding themselves over a fire that they perceive as soothing instead of painful due to their illness. But if the leper is cured of his leprosy, he will realize the fire is actually harmful and will not seek it out again.
The implication here is obviously that the sensual, worldly pleasures we are so attached to seem to be pleasing (because they entrench us into a self-perpetuating cycle of seeking out pleasure as an alternative to pain), while they are actually harmful because they cause craving and thus suffering.

I understand what this means and I agree with it in theory.
My question is the following: although sensual pleasures beget suffering, renouncing all sensual pleasure also begets suffering, because depriving oneself of happiness, however fleeting it may be, is painful.
What is the right course of action then?
Did Shakyamuni address this question, or give specific recommendations as to how sensual pleasure should be realized as unproductive and gradually relinquished?