/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.5234136]

What books on buddhism would you recommend?

[Anonymous No.5234140]

My sister has been reading the "Art of Happiness". Seems pretty interesting, being an interview with the Dalai Lama, but maybe not the best place to start if you are completely oblivious to what Buddhism really is.

[Anonymous No.5234144]

Buddhism rejects books and reading. Accoring to buddha you should stay illiterate and never learn how to read, because books are evil material possessions and intellectualism strengthens the evil illusion of the self. A good buddhist burns books, stops other people from reading and praises laziness. In buddhist belief only being a NEET will lead to enlightenment. Ironically this belief was invented by a man who never had to worry about poverty because he was born a spoiled rich kid.

[Anonymous No.5234159]

Siddharta Gautama by Hermann Hesse

[Anonymous No.5234779]

Zen in the Art of Archery.

[Anonymous No.5234795]

>>5234136

this one if you're American

great take on the whole Buddhist thingie

it's very good

[Anonymous No.5234859]

>>5234159
A good example, but it's critical of Buddhism as well.

[Jude !SX.Jipgvhc No.5234878]

>>5234144
probably my favourite interpretation of Buddhism

I hope you are the same guy that says this in every thread on Buddhism

[Anonymous No.5234889]

Introduction to Buddhism by Rupert Gethin
What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
In the Buddha's Words by Bhikkhu Bodhi
The Essence of the Heart Sutra by the Dali Lama
The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma
Shinran's Gospel of Pure Grace

[Anonymous No.5234897]

>>5234878
That's a moronic interpretation of Buddhism that stems from a total lack of understanding of it.

It would be like saying Christianity is about worshiping a Jewish zombie demigod while drinking wine and eating crackers.