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Is this a decent intro book for someone looking to explore Buddhism?

>> No.18184239

>>18184230
If you aren't an Easterner don't bother.

>> No.18184247

>>18184239
Fuck off queer.

>> No.18184300

>>18184247
Soiboy seething I told the truth. If you are a Westerner stick to Western philosophy and religion. You don't have the cultural context for you to not misinterpret everything that you will read.

>> No.18184318

>>18184239
>>18184300
notice how nothing he said actually mentions anything specific about buddhism, he probably doesn't know anything about it other than where india is on a map

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18184362

>Buddhism

retroactively refuted by Srī Śaṅkara Bhagavatpādācārya (pbuh)

>> No.18184407

>>18184318
>he probably doesn't know anything about it
Neither do you.

>> No.18184550
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18184550

I'm a westerner :P
Haven't read Peter Harvey. I can recommend Alan Watts though.
A Course in Miracles will take you to the same place if you have a Christian background. (Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists)

>> No.18184559

Start with What the Buddha Taught, then read Red Pine's Heart Sutra. Both are on libgen.

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>>18184362
what a cope

>> No.18184771

>>18184559
Thanks bro.