Buddhism??

Question

I'm studying and practicing different religions, and so far I've got Christianity and Wicca down, now I want to study Buddhism, I know I could check out a book or look up a website, but I prefer to study my religions by discussing them with other people, are there any buddhists out there who would be willing to IM and chat with me on it?

Answer 1

http://www.bswa.org
The above is one of the best,it has a forum for beginners,etc.
Good luck to you.

Answer 2

I'm glad that someone out there is looking at what the different religions have to offer. Me personally I have no set religion (I follow none but parts of all) so I can not personally tell you about Buddhism but www.religioustolerance.org is a good website for information on all religions.

Answer 3

what's a faith? even if it truly is a concept equipment alongside with one or extra deities, then Buddhism isn't strictly a faith. Buddha is respected as a God in some branches of Buddhism, yet as a instructor in others. The latter are philosophies no longer religions.

Answer 4

Hey, I'm glad you want to study Buddhism. It's definitely worth studying. The one thing I love most about Buddhism is that the Buddha - the teacher - challanges us to "come and discover it, ask questions, and not just take the word of the Buddha or anyone else, but to discover the truth yourself."

I don't think I can IM or chat with you because of time constraints, but I can give you some great web-sites where you can discover buddhism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
(General topic on Buddhism)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_in_Buddhism
(The concept of God in Buddhism)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha
(On Gautama Buddha, the teacher)

http://buddhism.2be.net/Three_Jewels
(The Three Jewels)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths
http://buddhism.2be.net/Four_Noble_Truths
(The Four Noble Truths)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_cosmology
(The Buddhist Cosmoloty - the world view as taught in Buddhism)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_meditation
(Practising Buddhist Meditation)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_science
(Buddhism and Science)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_and_Buddhism
(Comparing Christianity and Buddhism)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_Hinduism
(Comparing Buddhism and Hinduism)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_philosophy
(Buddhism as Philosophy)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_Ethics
(Buddhism as Ethical system)

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/narada/nutshell.html
(Buddhism in a nutshell)

Answer 5

If you absolutely wanna follow a religion. Stick with Buddhism you will be happy. Good Luck!!

Answer 6

Simply speaking, this is to avoid harming others and to help them as much as possible. Another way of expressing this is, Abandon negative action; create perfect virtue; subdue your own mind. This is the teaching of the Buddha. By abandoning negative actions (killing, etc.) and destructive motivations (anger, attachment, close-mindedness, etc.), we stop harming ourselves and others. By creating perfect virtue, we develop beneficial attitudes, like impartial love and compassion, and do actions motivated by these thoughts. By subduing our mind, we cut away all false projections, thus making ourselves calm and peaceful by understanding reality.

The essence of Buddha’s teachings is also contained in the three principles of the path: definite emergence, the dedicated heart and wisdom realizing emptiness. Initially, we seek definitely to emerge from the confusion of our problems and their causes. Then, we see that other people also have problems, and with love and compassion, we dedicate our heart to becoming a Buddha so that we are capable of helping others extensively. In order to do this, we develop the wisdom understanding the real nature of ourselves and other phenomena.

Answer 7

This forum knows Buddhism:
http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php

Good fundamentals here:
http://www.buddhanet.net/

Also, anything by the Dalia Lama.

Answer 8

buddism is a good faith. I am not buddist, but i respect it.

It says " dont just believe, because some one told it as truth, but anayze it and believe if only your conscious says to "

I could not put it properly, but the meaning is same.

Answer 9

The website below is good.

http://www.metta.lk

Answer 10

Go to http://www.buddhachat.org/forum/index.php and let's talk/ask questions over there.