Buddhism... help me out?

I have a current interest into Theravada Buddhism. I want to become very spiritually involved with the Buddha, but I am clueless in where to start my search. I am much to anxious to go to a Temple, Pagoda, etc. to talk with a monk or nun, since I don't know what to speak about. My background in Buddhism is very little, and I have just finished the book "What the Buddha Taught," which has concluded to a better insight of the ideology... but all in all, I do need some pointers in where to begin my search of spirituality.

Please assist me?

Buddah? Have you ever heard: Thou shall have no other Gods before me. There is only one God and his name is Jesus Christ. No future in Buddah only death.

IMO, the best place to start would be a meditation course. The type of meditation practiced in Theravada is called visaingNand there are various places throughout the world that run vipisanna courses and retreats

http://www.dhamma.org/

just go ahead. you build your life and your fate.

As a Buddhist, I can say that you just keep reading books about Buddhism and gradually you will know. Just search on line and you can find tons of Buddhist literature. As you clearly mentioned that you want to become very spiritually involved with the Buddha... so just keep reading.

Basically, you rather read about the life of the Buddha. Try to know what Samma Sambuddha means, what Dhamma (His teachings or the law of Nature) and what Sangha is. http://what-buddha-said.net/library/Buddhist.Dictionary/dic3_s.htm

Buddhism--A Brief Introduction
for Westerners http://www.longleaf.net/ggrow/Buddhism.html

The Five Precepts http://www.katinkahesselink.net/tibet/panchasila.html

Metta Bhavana - practice of loving kindness: http://www.buddhanet.net/metta_b.htm

The Six Glorious Virtues of Buddhism http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/world/asia/rel-jal2.htm








BTW. To wit, Jesus Christ was a mythical not historical figure, based on Prue-Christian solar mythology. http://truthbeknown.com/washington-jefferson-mythicists.html

Well Internet is a great source for you.But do not forget to follow this teachings of Buddha when you learn from the Internet.

Kalama Sutta
Do not believe in anything (simply)
because you have heard it.

Do not believe in traditions because they
have been handed down for many generations.

Do not believe in anything because it is
spoken and rumored by many.

Do not believe in anything (simply) because
it is found written in your religious books.

Do not believe in anything merely on the authority
of your teachers and elders.

But after observation and analysis
when you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conductive to the good and benefit of one and all
then accept it and live up to it.

Buddha
(Anguttara Nikaya Vol. 1, 188-193 P.T.S. Ed.)

Thanks
Hope this helps!

Kim doesn't understand that the Buddha is not God, nor even "a" god. The Buddha (an honorific title) is a teacher.

There is really only one way to learn, and that is to take classes. And the only good teacher is one who is a monk or nun (although that, by itself, does not make them a good teacher ... but it does guarantee that they know what they are talking about ... you can kind find some really Miss-informed laypeople teaching Buddhism).

Fortunately, Buddhists will not try to convert you. And you don't have to know what to ask. If you attend classes, you will be presented with information. If you get to speak to a monk, most likely, they will refer you to someplace where you can take lessons ... but if not, all you need to say is, "II am clueless about Buddhism, but I would like to learn). You do not need to talk, or even to ask ... just listen.

Anxious or not ... this is what you need to do. While no one can enlighten you, it is very very difficult to get very far on your own.

Well, you may try doing some on line searches about Buddhism on reliable sites like http://dhammawiki.com/.
Here are some good sites to begin with:
http://www.parami.org/buddhistanswers/index.htm
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jun/buddha2.html
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/b/buddha.html
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/do_not_believe_in_anything_simply_because_you/12103.html