/lit/ - Literature

Lurking. Highly relevant to my current interests. I am at this moment very interested in Indian spiritual texts, I am reading both The Bhagavad Gita (not a Buddhist script though sorry, but slightly related in philosophy) and the Tibetan Book of the Dead (very Buddhist). Also I've been trying to read the Bible, but you know...

The thing about Buddhism is, it has no central text. There are only "treasure teachings" and revealed texts of accomplished Buddhist monks, which form a school of thought known as dharma (also a Hindu term) or dhamma. Apologies if I've got this wrong or slightly incorrect, I'm only a layman as of now.

Once I've read these two books, I'm going to pick up the Upanishads (Hindu I know) and Penguin's collection of Buddhist Scriptures.

There's something that draws me to these religious texts, I don't know what it is. I am a staunch atheist but I find them fascinating, the philosophy is profound and I think it will have a positive impact on my life.

Sorry if this post is rambling a bit. OP I recommend the Tibetan Book of the Dead, but only once you've introduced yourself to Buddhist concepts beforehand, as it can be a bit too much all at once.