or the teachings of buddha?
2006-08-10 09:30:08 · 10 answers · asked by playgirl 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Check out www.samyeling.org, it's a Tibetan monastery and centre for learning in the Scottish borders.
Try looking up FWBO (Friends of the Western Buddhist Order). I have attended courses at the Manchester centre, www.fwbo.org/manchester
and found all the Order members and Friends very open and informative. The FWBO was founded by a Westerner and applies Buddhism in a relevant way to our lives rather than it being quite abstract and strange.
Hope you find what you are looking for.
2006-08-10 11:38:08 · answer #1 · answered by CC...x 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
BuddhaNet http://www.buddhanet.net/index.html has a very good introduction what Buddhism is as well as more "advanced" (as in someone interested in studying) set of guides.
http://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/index.htm Anyway, BuddhaNet is my favorite.
There are quite a few different sites on it, but I like this one best. If you've got a local library, you can usually find a few good books. I like stuff from D.T. Suzuki (a Zen Buddhist from Japan), but mostly because I like the Rinzai Zen school of thought he was from and because he wrote things in English. Translations are okay, but hey. It's hard to find a basic "what is it?" book on any religion or philosophy, really. Most religious/philosophy books seem to be geared for people already in the religion/philosophy who want to deepen their experience or whatever.
2006-08-10 09:52:48 · answer #2 · answered by Muffie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes theres a really gud one, bout tibetan buddhism, based around a retreat in scotland, run by venerable lama yeshe losal. Dont want to put the address on public view as there seems to be a lot of closed minds around here. contact me at my email for the address. Not bein funny, just begun to learn about it myslef, and know there are a lot of doubters out there who wish to be negative. If you think its something you would like to know more about, just email me.
Ed
2006-08-10 09:50:09 · answer #3 · answered by lastchancer69 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to check an overview site first, because like all established religions and philosophies, there is more than one branch. Below are a couple sites with a good overall definition.
2006-08-10 09:34:39 · answer #4 · answered by Rjmail 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd try reading the Dalai Lama's "How to Practice the Way to a Meaningful Life." I know it's not a website, but it has some good context. You ought to try it.
2006-08-10 09:54:48 · answer #5 · answered by sensational 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Will be plenty, but doesn't teach people that their life has little importance? Playing right into the hands of powerful people with that.
2006-08-10 09:34:33 · answer #6 · answered by Chris cc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish there was more buddists.
I know nothing but if I did religion I hope it'd be buddism.
2006-08-10 09:36:34 · answer #7 · answered by David T 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
2006-08-10 09:33:58 · answer #8 · answered by Iomegan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.buddhanet.net/
and
http://buddhism.about.com/ are good sites to start.
2006-08-10 09:56:59 · answer #9 · answered by K M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try this search: http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?search=buddhism&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ans&search_type=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAkziTgAyxgsyPgw82_JsszATBgx.%2FSIG%3D1140u5jk8%2F*-http%3A%2F%2Fuk.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&p=buddhism
There is loads!
2006-08-10 09:36:05 · answer #10 · answered by ♥*´M`*♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋