/lit/ - Literature

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/index.html

OP, don't ask about Buddhism on /lit/ because they are clueless about it around here.

For a suitable internet forum, hit
dhammawheel.com

For an introduction to meditation and the buddhist practice in general, see this collection of Dhamma talks entitled "Basics:"

http://www.dhammatalks.org/mp3_collections_index.html#basics

For a more formal introduction to the theoretical background of Buddhism, you want to read suttas from the Pali Canon. It helps to find a decent collection of important suttas that will give you a strong foundation from which to understand the rest (akin to "starting with the greeks.")

Collections that I really like are:

Basic Teachings of the Buddha, by Glenn Wallis
- A highly condensed and easy-to-read translation that I find really gets the lucidity of the teaching across in written form.

In the Buddha's Words, by Bhikku Bodhi
- A much less condensed, and heavily expanded upon, collection of many more suttas. I haven't personally found it as useful as the book above, because this exists:

accesstoinsight.org

which is a massive online collection of almost all of the Pali Canon, translated to English, and also a collection of pieces written by some very influential Buddhist figures.

See Tipitaka -> Sutta Pitaka -> from here, any link is a good starting point.

I was a stoic when I was like 18

I realized that stoicism, while an OK philosophy, lacks a path to its realization.

I fell off the wagon way too quick because I couldn't just instantly will myself to become hardworking and 100% virtuous.