Buddhism? [Spirituality & Religion]

Lately, I've been wanting to explore different religions and forms of spirituality, and I wanted to start with Buddism. Can someone help me out? Are there are any books or any type of material that you would recommend?

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SW-User

Buddhism is not a religion, it's a philosophy. They don't do idol worship, they believe in peaceful co-existence. If you want materials, get from buddisht monasteries. Online references are highly corrupted and not authentic.

PandaBlossom · 26-30, F

@ragingfire: Oh, never knew that it's more of a philosophy–Very interesting. *nods* Thank you for sharing. I don't exactly know where I could find one but i'll try.

SW-User

Hmm, I'm a person from western society who was highly influenced by Buddhism as it doesn't revolve around profit, gain, ego, anger or any human emotions. It's about living life to the fullest in meaningful and useful ways. I lived in a monastery for some point of my life and it really changed the way I looked at life. I'm
Back to the western society, but not carried away by it's utter weirdness of gaining profit by sacrificing your self.

Anyway, to start with, start with wiki, if you have no idea what to do, then you'll get some idea. Then deep dive into all the key words and know it's meaning. To start with I'll just give you one reference.

Once a man told Buddha, "I want happiness". Buddha replied, " remove I because it's ego, removed want, because it's desire, then all you'll be left with, is happiness". These are the idea Buddhism spreads. It never says it's greater than anything else, it never claims there's God, it just wants people to follow specific path to attain enlightment. @PandaBlossom:

puck61

@PandaBlossom: Don't accept faulty information. There aren't monks who light incense, and leave offerings to statues of Plato and Socrates.