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Hello /lit/friends. I was wondering if you could recommend me some introductory books on Buddhism, especially Mahayana. Thanks much.

>> No.17161216

>>17161198
Bump, I wanna get into Buddhism as well so I can feel in touch with my culture.

>> No.17161231

>>17161216
Ask your mom to get you enrolled in local community college. Then take a course or two in how to use the internet.

>> No.17161281

>>17161231
Perish, bastard. I hope you burn in the lowest part of hell.

>> No.17161287

>>17161198
Read the Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra

>> No.17161686

I second Bodhisattvacaryavatara, that's probably the most "Mahayana" work there is. And Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika.

Other than that, you could read sutras but many are a bit hard to swallow. The Vimalakirti sutra is good. And the Heart sutra and Diamond sutra are short reads which are important for Zen.

You could also read Zen and Tibetan stuff. Lama Yeshe's Introduction to Tantra, the Great Path of Awakening by Jamgon Kongtrul, Zen Mind Beginner's Mind by Suzuki.

>> No.17161724

>>17161198
Mahayana (((buddhism))) was refuted by Shankara (pbuh) centuries ago. Study the Upanishads and realize Brahman.

>> No.17161746

>>17161216
Try asking some old men from your community that practices Buddhism, that's a really good way to know your culture and community

>> No.17161750

>>17161724
holy based...

>> No.17161774

>>17161216
stfu and gtfo chinaman

>> No.17162292

>>17161198
read MahaPrajnaParamita-Sastra by Nagarjuna

>> No.17162299

>>17161198
Imaginw the smell of every freak in this thread. A bunch of white lonely faggots who think maybe just maybe eastern religion will make their lives not shit finally

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> don't mind me, just posting buddhist art.

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>>17162299
Yes.

>> No.17162385

>>17161198>>17161216

any mahyana sutra, the vedas, upanishads

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>>17161724
I would be careful about reading Advaita Vedanta interpretations such as Shankara's as a commentary to the Upanishads, they are extremely reliant on Buddhist philosophy (Shankara is called a "cryptobuddhist" by most Hindus, and most scholars agree). If you want to read the Upanishads, work through them with editions and commentaries that aren't sectarian, or at least read an interpretation that is closer to the original meaning of the Upanishads, rather than Shankara's 9th century AD quasi-buddhism.

>> No.17162419

>>17161746
I live in a white community, unfortunately.

>> No.17163362

bump

>> No.17163365

>>17162396
Every. Single. Fucking. Time.

>> No.17163381

Awakening of Faith by Ashvaghosha

>> No.17163517

>>17161724
based and shankara pilled

>> No.17163527

>>17162396
bruh no dindu call him crypto buddhist except some Vaishnav

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>>17161198
Add the Heart Sutra to the list