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Any Buddhists here? What was your experience with it?

>> No.11763613

taoism is better

>> No.11763615

>>11763609
Why would want to read about such a garbage anti-life religion. Every second you spend on that shit is a second not spent engaging with the infinite wealth of the Christian tradition

>> No.11763618

>>11763609
you are already enlightened m8, there is nothing to be achieved, youre already there

>> No.11763619

>>11763613
Why?

>>11763615
Christians just expect me to believe all these scriptures from jews. And expect me to worship Israel.. Hell no. I'm not getting involved with that

>> No.11763625

>>11763619
Whats wrong with Israel you slimey mudshit fuck

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11763640

>>11763625
im an aussie mate. I am white and even if I wasn't it doesn't change the fact that jews aren't exactly the most trustworthy people. Plus americans getting cucked by them constantly gets the noggin jogging.

Also
>being anti israel means you're non white
ayyy lmao

>> No.11763702

>>11763619
buddhism
>life is suffering
>give up all attachments
>achieve enlightenment

taoism
>life is perfect, youre just flawed
>become your actions
>achieve enlightenment

>> No.11763732

>>11763702
I'll look in to it! Any recommended books?

>> No.11763741

>>11763702
>>life is perfect, youre just flawed
>>become your actions
>>achieve enlightenment

So its basically Christianity for NPCs

>> No.11763752

>>11763741
except it's not built on what "trustworthy" jews wrote down. Also don't be so reductive in your arguments. Makes you seem like an NPC. You really only added 6 words overall.

>> No.11763897

any recommendations for books about ritual prayer and meditation?

>> No.11763969

>>11763609
You're going to be reincarnated as a maggot for posting this 9gag tier maymay.

>> No.11763984

>>11763969
I did it for the nostalga 2bh. Reminded me of simpler times when memes weren't coated in 50 layers of irony.

>> No.11764448

>>11763732
daodejing
>>11763741
christianity is dualist. taoism says that morality creates evil, therefor morality is evil

>> No.11764653

In the order from most basic to most advanced, try:
What The Buddha Taught
Foundations of Buddhism (by ghertin or something similar)
The Dhammapada (with commentary, Easwaran is good)

Also Mindfulness in Plain English but know that most Buddhists don't meditate (it's mainly monks) and there's a ton of variety in how they do it. The version you'll learn in that book is what almost everyone starts out with, and you can branch off from there. It's modeled after a conservative form of Theravada Buddhism where they eschew most of the stuff appended to the religion over time and instead focus heavily on a direct and detailed path towards enlightenment laid out with near scientific rigidity. There's a book by the Bhikku Bodhi entitled 'The Noble Eightfold Path' in fact where the Theravada path to enlightenment is sketched out in full as the Buddha devised it (keep in mind the Buddha never wrote himself), and it's clear that at the very least he was incredibly intelligent to formulate such a thing by himself in a time before print. I suggest you check that out after all those above because it's hard to take in, and most useful as a reference so that it comes naturally over time. I am still a novice myself really, but I've been at it long enough to be sure about the above. All of them are great but if you only read one, do What The Buddha Taught. Hope this helps.