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 Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:18 pm
Hey everyone, it's George. I haven't been active on gaia for the past few months and I thought I'd come back. ^^
I was just curious how do you guys learn about Buddhism teachings? Do you use the net? Books? Or do you have a teacher? Also if you don't mind give a little information about what you do use.
I only know of one school around here, and I do not think it is for me. So at the beginning of learning Buddhism I used the net; mainly just to find out what Buddhism was about and the different types of Buddhism.
After a few months of reading I finally found out what type of Buddhism I wanted to part take on; Zen Buddhism! I went to chapters and looked at books for about a week. I made a choice on my first Zen book it is called; Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind. The author of the book is Shunryu Suzuki, and may I say this is one excellent book! This is an amazing book for beginner's and I recommend it to anyone interested in the teachings of Zazen.
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:37 pm
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:05 pm
Oh, razz Well I'm glad to see the "other" option in good use. razz Heh.
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:26 pm
Books and the internet. There are no teachers in my city. 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:14 pm
Same as Nirvahara; books and the internet. I recently moved to a tiny town that has nothing as far as spiritual stuff aside from a handful of Christian churches. While I like the churches and the church goers, they're not much for expounding on the dharma around here.
I also get into occasional discourse with my husband, who's Theravadan and has a slightly different outlook on teachings. Helps to get someone else's point of view, I find. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:27 am
The intarweb. ;D
And books.
And nature !! =O Really, you can learn alot from a long walk. ;D
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:01 am
Yeah, I'm in the "other" column as well. I used to live in Los Angeles, but now I go to college in a small town. I kinda did things backward from most people: instead of becoming interested in Buddhism through scholarly studies and then converting, I chose Buddhism as a religion early on and only later studied it academically. So, I've read books about Buddhism and its impact and influences and etc., but my knowledge of the Dharma largely came from teachers. We also have a Buddhist Students Group here, which has been wonderful support, but it's largely for meditation and academic discourse.
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:28 am
^^, the one thing I like about this guild is the activity. It's nice to talk maturely to others. biggrin Yes!> Tomorrow I'm going to chapters and looking at some more books, anyone have any personal suggestions on Zen Books?
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:37 am
If you haven't read Zen mind, beginner's mind, you should probably read it. xD While I've never read it, I've heard alot of good about it. As for other Zen books .. Well .. I don't know. D; I've got this one, just titled "Zen: The Art of Life" but it's not the best, and it's not very popular. Soo .. No idea. Thich Naht Hanh (sp?) perhaps?
(No boob quests here, indeed. wink )
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:43 pm
Zen Mind, Beginners Mind is great. I also like Zen Keys by Thich Nhat Hanh, but I like everything by Thich Nhat Hanh, so I could be biased. xd
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:45 pm
Alright, thanks a lot guys. wink >
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Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:13 pm
I took a online test to see which religon was for me. It told me I was a buddhist. I was like huh? So I bought a sort of self help buddhist book by lama surya das. Read that and liked it. Started going to teachers in my area. Read some more websites. Then bough myself the pali cannon. Figgured I should go for the big guns, lol.
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Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:15 am
Eye_seE Then bough myself the pali cannon. Figgured I should go for the big guns, lol. The whole thing?! Lords of the Nine, man, that thing is like, three bookcases worth of texts. xd ...Can I borrow it?
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Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:48 pm
Byaggha Eye_seE Then bough myself the pali cannon. Figgured I should go for the big guns, lol. The whole thing?! Lords of the Nine, man, that thing is like, three bookcases worth of texts. xd ...Can I borrow it? Wait.. What? Can someone explain?
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Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:35 am
Gunthrix Wait.. What? Can someone explain? The whole Pali canon - the entire Tripitaka - is a huge collection of work. It's far more than a single book will hold. 3nodding
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