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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tammy

I think all religion are more or less the same. I believe there is a hidden world - angels, heaven, hell, devil, ghosts etc. I sometimes think humans are humans, we can all be natural psychopaths, but need to be taught to be a good person. I know alot of Caucasian despise Christianity / catholic. And alot of Asians think some Buddhist / monks are corrupted.

puck61

@tammy: Long ago, I so surprised to learn that there were Buddhist militants. I always saw the monk who lit himself on fire protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese, as the face of Buddhism. The complete surrender of materialism and every type of lust. The disregard of one's own life for a continued journey towards becoming truth.