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Anonymous Wed May 19 13:11:54 2021 No.18274716 [Reply] [Original]

What is the single most important book about buddhism that teaches you on how to reach enlightment?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 13:14:20 2021 No.18274742 >>18274716 What is the point of bodybuilding when you are a monk?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 13:22:37 2021 No.18274784 >>18274742 Please just answer the question so I can go and read.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 13:23:56 2021 No.18274789 >>18274716 Do ripped monks sweep double the speed than regular monks, leaving them more time for zazen?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 13:27:22 2021 No.18274811 File: 589 KB, 1143x441, tahz.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18274716 Enlightenment isn't something you reach for. It is just there, in all of its glory, like the morning sun on a naked butthole.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 13:31:40 2021 No.18274840 File: 490 KB, 884x720, file.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18274716 Buddhism is for hylics. Read Guénon (PBUH) and Shankara (PBUH), who liberated India from Buddhism.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 13:33:42 2021 No.18274856 >>18274716 A single book will never be enough. You need a lifetime of study and meditation. I recommend starting with Bhikkhu Bodhi's "In the Buddha's Words."

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 13:35:06 2021 No.18274864 >>18274784 Craving enlightenment creates suffering so give up.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 13:36:50 2021 No.18274873 >>18274856 >A single book will never be enough Bullshit. Buddha himself did nothing more than sitting down and meditate. You just need one good book that guides your thoughts into the right direction, the rest is on you.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 15:00:23 2021 No.18275447 >>18274742 >>18274789 He's a monk, this is Buakaw, a muay thai fighter. Traditional in Thailand for men to live as a monk for a bit >>18274716 Do you train? Really hoping I stumbled on a based muay thai poster. Read Shankara btw

>>	S10241875 Wed May 19 16:44:24 2021 No.18275985 >>18274873 If you think so, you just need to find the right tree. Here is the book you need: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45020178-the-world-encyclopedia-of-trees

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 16:45:16 2021 No.18275992 Read Notes on Dhamma by Nanavira Thera

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 16:46:05 2021 No.18275998 Start with What the Buddha Taught, then read the Heart Sutra.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 17:05:42 2021 No.18276121 >>18274716 The Kalachakra Tantra, but you probably won't get much out of it without years of study and practice.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 17:23:26 2021 No.18276253 >>18274873 >Buddha himself did nothing more than sitting down and meditate. After getting massive amounts of good karma after eons of good deeds on past lives. You probably can't do it.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 17:43:29 2021 No.18276349 Hermann Hesse - Siddharta

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 19:28:30 2021 No.18276935 >>18274742 People who lift for getting girls quit after a month. Pushing your body to its full potential through hard work and consistency is a noble feat. I don't blame you for not understanding hun. It's a guy's thing.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 19:31:04 2021 No.18276946 File: 138 KB, 1000x1303, 71vWOdPx8lL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18274716 Look no further than this. You can become a Noble One in 7 days or 7 years.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 21:51:26 2021 No.18277606 >>18274742 Healthy body, healthy mind. >>18274716 Dhamapada.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 21:53:42 2021 No.18277621 File: 351 KB, 974x502, 1612956054002.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18274840 This

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 22:02:18 2021 No.18277652 File: 2.71 MB, 3000x7000, 1612201217607.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18276946 >>18275998 >>18275992 You've got to start with the 'jeets.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 22:39:55 2021 No.18277828 >>18274742 He's not a fulltime monk. People in Thailand ordain for short periods sometimes.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 19 23:58:37 2021 No.18278229 >>18275985 Based and blessed.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 00:29:15 2021 No.18278408 Enlightenment is knowing everything basically sucks and you can't escape it. Fuck you.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 01:03:02 2021 No.18278534 >>18274742 For your own self, duh.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 03:15:36 2021 No.18279012 File: 78 KB, 502x1024, lift.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18274742

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 03:16:47 2021 No.18279015 File: 310 KB, 700x1966, lift2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18279012

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 03:17:55 2021 No.18279018 >>18274742 Monks and monasteries are tourist traps, appearance sells.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 06:10:07 2021 No.18279575 File: 431 KB, 2041x924, 1620264206142.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18277621 obligatory

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 06:13:04 2021 No.18279592 >>18277828 fun fact: some monks in the southern part of thailand are fulltime military men stationed in the monasteries to protect from malays/muslim separatists/terrorists

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 08:45:40 2021 No.18280238 >>18279592 monks kill people in myanamar/burma dali lama has brushed shoulders with several high profile sex cultists

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 09:56:29 2021 No.18280619 File: 101 KB, 1024x679, E0pQJ7cVoAQ-mXa.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18276946 >The Arahant Daniel Inghraham Definitely not delusional, that one

Anonymous Thu May 20 10:01:32 2021 No.18280640
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Here u go op,

Note that this channel assumes a strong familiarity with the suttas.

Emphases: the necessity of renunciation and virtue, the drawbacks of sensuality, the importance of death contemplation, and redefinition of the important terms in Buddhism which are poorly understood such as mindfulness, intention and effort

Good luck doing this on your own though. You will really more likely need to join a monastic community for life

https://youtube.com/c/HillsideHermitage

Anonymous Thu May 20 10:13:54 2021 No.18280713
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>>18274716
Isn't it frustrating. So many books on the topics and different Buddhist schools of thought. Online is even worse. And then because there are so many it ruins meditation because I sit and think shouldn't I be doing this other thing.

I'd recommend this book OP. At least it's written by a real monk, not annoying zen minimalism, and covers the Satipatthana Sutta which at least when followed will help with focus and vipassana, which are useful skills even if you like other Buddhisms later

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 10:16:30 2021 No.18280724 >>18280713 Also could try Ānāpānasati Sutta

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 10:16:45 2021 No.18280729 File: 48 KB, 710x473, buakaw.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18274716 >this picture again >people still don't know who Buakaw is jfc

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 10:31:24 2021 No.18280795 File: 14 KB, 236x314, 1620107275473.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18280640 >not /lit/ Here are this monk's writings : https://www.hillsidehermitage.org/teachings/writings/

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 10:48:22 2021 No.18280880 >>18280795 Can I go live in Sri Lanka with monks?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 11:13:14 2021 No.18281007 >>18280880 Sure, but to get admission to a good training monastery you had better join up with a monastery that is well respected.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 13:04:23 2021 No.18281645 >>18281007 How can I tell if they are well respected? I live near Ottawa there's one nearby Tisarana Buddhist Monestary. Is it good?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 13:46:36 2021 No.18281883 >>18274716 The more you see things as processes the better

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 15:42:19 2021 No.18282535 >>18280713 Not op but I enjoyed How To Sit and How To Fight, so I'll give this a try too.

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>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 18:51:31 2021 No.18283638 File: 109 KB, 604x374, Meditation-Monk-Corpse-Death-impermanence.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18282535 It's the Sutra that contains pic related so that is kinda interesting

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 20:32:30 2021 No.18284153 >>18274716 Find actual monk to talk to and ask them, Buddhism is a lifestyle not just something you study.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 21:28:53 2021 No.18284375 >>18274742 Killing vampires

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 21:29:25 2021 No.18284380 >>18274716 The Journey to the West, unironically

>>	Anonymous Thu May 20 22:16:20 2021 No.18284552 >>18280238 >No religious institution is clean What's new?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 21 01:55:26 2021 No.18285464 >>18284380 >>18284380 Best translation? I heard Lovell's new one just out is fun. I liked her Maoism book oksy

>>	Anonymous Fri May 21 02:52:27 2021 No.18285602 >>18274716 Monkey Magic (tv ser. Dub)

>>	Anonymous Fri May 21 03:05:23 2021 No.18285617 >>18274840 Based

>>	Anonymous Fri May 21 03:11:46 2021 No.18285628 File: 328 KB, 1803x2034, 81Zglq6MTLL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] picrel

>>	Anonymous Fri May 21 03:19:51 2021 No.18285645 >>18276253 What's the best way to farm karma?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 21 08:15:21 2021 No.18286779 File: 27 KB, 260x338, 51715dinqKL._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18276946 based book, this and TMI, Seeing that Frees. Dharmaoverground forum, streamentry reddit to a certain extent.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 21 08:49:55 2021 No.18286964 An actual monk recommended"No Mud, No Lotus" to me, it was pretty good.

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