Studying Buddhism: Where to Start | Geshe Lhakdor 

Oh that’s interesting to think

I hold the same belief. I am currently in a similar situation.

yes yes. Truth to all religions.

First of all Buddha is not a God. Secondly Buddhist do not deny the existence of Gods but they do not hold the Gods responsible for all the chaos and havoc in the world.

@@factspoken9062 your right ive learned alot more since making that post hope all is well!

hey I can really empathize.. me too!

Same here

Combining different path is similar to mixing stake, dumplings, coffee, brownie into one bowl. Each ingredients are fine, but mixed together it tastes like vomit.

Give little time to discover islam

Read osho then

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@Study Buddhism thank you very much for this. This is going to be a huge help

Why do you need a religion?

@@delmonte6649 Atleast for me, i'm agnostic in Christianism, which is odd for a very christian centered family. However I found that Buddhism is the first religion I would actually try harder to get into, because it's not about praying to a god for forgiveness (you can do it of course) but it's about self improvement. I think Buddhism improves you as a person and that is always welcome. So why do I need a religion, in this case, why do I need Buddhism? To advance as an individual

RestlessRiot You can do that without religion. It seems that you mean you want religion for those reasons. I’m not talking bad about you or Buddhism when I say that. I simply mean by saying, you need religion to advance yourself, that also would mean you can’t advance yourself without it. As the ladder statement isn’t true and the former statement depends on the ladder, therefore the former isn’t true either.

@@delmonte6649 I know what you're saying, and I didn't need religion to fight and get rid of very horrible issues with me such as transphobia, but I feel like Buddhism can help me even more, that being said there are no monks and teachers in my town so i don't really know what to do.

RestlessRiot I recommend looking at eastern philosophy as a whole. I’ve looked into Buddhism already and as the teachings can provide a happy life they are not the only way to live and gain the same or even happier of a life. Concepts like Stoicism, Zen/Zen Buddhism, Hinduism and Even western religion and philosophy (like Christianity) have already been conceptualized together. When talking to buddhists 6000 years ago they recommend finding a teacher which often is a Zen master or someone fluent in Buddhist teaching to convey the proper message of Buddhism. And even today they recommend that. However even without a teacher today you can learn without one directly in person or if you want to be deep about it in a different period in time. I would recommend starting with Allan Watts while learning about (As I describe) ‘odd’ philosophers like ‘Diogenes the dog’ (You’ll find out more as your interest grows in the subject) and then continue to more modern philosophers like Jordan Peterson and Sam Harris who at first glance appear to be polar opposites. But I recommend Allan Watts first because his books and voice lectures can give you what you’re looking for about eastern philosophy. And especially Buddhism because it’s what he talks about most.

Land of Ghadimai festival🙏

India

Don't claim where Buddha was born rather focus on the teachings of Buddhism.

i am so desperately looking for a guide.

Hope u will get a guide

What?

Perfect place...

Everything is important not only tantra coz of interdependence.

Nepal the land of Gadimai festival?

No, He is Tibetan monk.

there is whole community of Tibetan Buddhism in India, help yourself

If a girl achieve the the wisdoms, why not..we have high nuns too.gender doesn't matter in buddhism.even trans gander can practice buddhism.😂😂😂

Of course! ❤🙏

Yes

in the past I have hight regard for the muslims and their faith in Allah. I believed the muslims to be special. Today, I lost my respect because no muslim try to raise their voice against destruction of mosques in Easst Turkisstan. Muslims are just like Hindus, and Christians, using the name of God only when it suits them.

So what

I’m atheist thank steve 🥰

But he knows that Nepal is the land of Gadimai Festival. How can buddha be born in such a place.

@@factspoken9062 Ok let me clear u this gadimai thing. If u ask nepali people about gadimai festival then most of them will say no cuz we nepalese don't celebrate gadimai festival. Yes, unfortunately gadimai festival happens in nepal(i don't know where but some where closer to indian border) every 5 years cuz the temple is located here but the practitioner are mostly from india bihar state. They cross the borders illegally with tons of animals with them. We found out about gadimai only few years back(from news) and we r against it. Nepalese people and government is trying their best to stop animal sacrifice and it is also banned to sacrifice animals in that temple now.

@@sumina_magar If it is really banned then I believe that Buddha "was" born in Nepal. Gautam Buddha ki jai.

Lama said about India because, There are many Monasteries in India that teaches Buddhism. And Nalanda University was in India which was responsible for Spread of Buddhism in Bhutan, Tibet, China, Mongolia, Japan & Korea.

@@beingfree7172 Subba kishot is talking about Ram Bdr Bomjan, who was born during the Gadhimai festival

He said find a teacher. You can go to a temple and maybe find one. Me personally I’m reading books from the fgscita library online which has very short guides for beginners.