Buddhism help?

Question

Where can I find a good site full of info about Buddhism? and if anyone here is Buddhist please tell me what its like.

Please dont put stuff like "be christian" I really cant believe it, i tried once.

Answer 1

wiki is usually a good place to start

Answer 2

It is not easy to recommend a good website about Buddhism.

This is due to the fact that in reality there does not exist something like Buddhism. In succession to the historical Buddha Shakyamuni, who lived about 2600 years ago, there arose a variety of different schools. Many of them did not survive, but today you find Theravada, Zen, Tibetan Buddhism and many more.And every school has according to their cultural surroundings a different means to describe the path of the Buddha.

It is therefore very seldom to find native Buddhists that cover the practices of all schools which are mutually exclusive.

Since the beginning of the 20th. century western scientists started projects in understanding eastern philosophy. From this point of view you can find books about Buddhism. But they are mostly mere scientific, and not connected with personal experience of Buddhist practice.

Perhaps you may want to search in wikipedia about Buddhism and try to get a feeling of your special interest in a certain school. Then you can start to explore it in greater depth. There will be websites and literature enough for a life long. But don't forget to practice in the meantime!

Answer 3

For general info you can start with Belief.net.
I don't recomend wikipedia or most general info sights. You can't get much from that.

Here is a good page on the scriptures
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/heartstr.htm

Here is a good paper to read to help understand nonattachment
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/harris/bl141.html

You can learn a lot on your own from the internet and books. Just go to the library and search for the teaching of the Buddha or Buddhism. Of course private lessons are nice if you happen to have a Buddhist monestary nearby.

Answer 4

When he was alive the Enlightened one delivered over 80,000 sermons. In almost every sermon he stressed the practice of "Mindfulness" .
Couple of the links the others who answered your question have posted will give u an ebook " Living Meditation, Living Insight" by Dr Thynn Thynn. It is a very small book but very useful.

If u are really serious about Buddhism then try to learn this meditation technique called "Vipassana"
search for "Vipassana Meditation As Taught By S. N. Goenka
in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin"
I promise u this method of meditation will change your life, it will not give u any redymade answers but it will help u reduce the questions.

Do mail me if u have any questions.

Answer 5

Just type in Buddhism in Yahoo search. Or search Esangha, it's an online buddhist community with LOTS of info

Answer 6

I can't recommend any particular site but I would implore you to check the sources carefully.

I like Buddhism because it provides me perspective and solutions to my problems. And most importantly, the solutions are derived from understanding the nature of the problem.

I know it sounds a little fluffy but you need to experience it to know.

I like it for its peaceful and logical approach it takes towards many issues.

Hope this helped.

Answer 7

Dont be a buddheist be a christian

Answer 8

Here ya go

Answer 9

www.buddhanet.net

Also email me if you have questions