I'd like to fine out about more about Buddhism.....?

I'd like to fine out about more about Buddhism.....?

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Budhha came from India , is all i know . But maybe its of a little help to you .
Buddhism is also a more purified form of Hinduism ( minus the BS ) . . .

Check out Wikipedia. That's always a great source!

All of Buddhism basically revolves around the four noble truths. Through the practice of daily meditation one comes to experience and realize them directly.

THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS

1. Suffering exists and is unavoidable

2. Causes of suffering - attachment and desire (in the forms of greed, craving, and grasping)

3. End of suffering - complete eradication of all attachment and desire

4. The Eightfold Path or Middle Way

- Right Understanding: understanding skillful behavior in terms of cause and effect and the Four Noble Truths and how they fit into the overall scheme of the Buddha's teachings

- Right Thinking: generosity, letting go, loving-kindness, and compassion

- Right Speech: telling the truth and avoiding malicious talk, harsh language, and gossip

- Right Action: the principles for leading an ethical life; abstaining from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, and intoxication

- Right Livelihood: choosing an appropriate profession that is important to spiritual practice

- Right Effort: preventing negative states of mind, overcoming negative states of mind, cultivating positive states of mind, and maintain positive states of mind

- Right Mindfulness: the practice of mindfulness meditation; cultivating mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and thoughts

- Right Concentration: the stages of deep absorption reached in meditation


For a general introduction about Buddhism, check out the following link:
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/basic-guide.htm

Another good way to learn about Buddhism is to visit a local center in your area. The following link might help you find one nearby:
http://www.buddhanet.info/wbd/

The concepts of Buddhism are very difficult to learn through reading. This is because Buddhism is based not on intellectual understanding, but on mind PLUS direct experience.

Therefore, if you wish to find out more about Buddhism, find a local center in your area that offers classes. Or one further away that offers weekend or week-long classes from time to time, and make that the destination for your annual holiday. Or one (such as the Jewel Heart Center in Michigan) that offers real-time teachings on-line.

In order to find out more about Buddhism, you also have to do the practices that your teacher teaches you. This is not so easy to get from reading or from websites, and this is why a teacher is important.

Perhaps the most important bit of learning that you get from a teacher is that you see the teachings model led for you. A good teacher does indeed practice what they teach.

The GOOD thing about taking Buddhism lessons is that Buddhists are not interested in "converting" you. My experience at different centers is that they are warm and welcoming, but don't pry and don't push. You are not expected to convert ... in fact, Buddhism advises that you get to know Buddhism and take your time in making up your mind one way or another.

This is another site that lists drama centers worldwide:
http://www.dharmanet.org/listings/

However, if you are going to stick with written sources, I would recommend any book by Pema Chodron. She won't lay out the Four Noble Truths, or the 12 Links of Dependent Arising, or the 3 Poisons .... etc. It won't be a dry or scholarly read ... quite the opposite. What you will get is the genuine expression of how a practicing Buddhist faces daily life ... and this gets you closer to the understanding than any dry read. Another good book, in the same style and again giving you the "meat" of Buddhism, is "Good Life, Good Death" by Gehlek Rinpoche