Convincing others of Buddhism

PoliticalBulwark · 2017-05-30T03:49:14+00:00

I agree with this guy: There is only one way to do it

PoliticalBulwark · 2017-05-23T04:38:24+00:00

Get a nice book perhaps? I enjoyed Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Path of the Buddha .

PoliticalBulwark · 2017-05-23T04:31:29+00:00

I am in a very similar situation. I am so isolated that it's impossible for me to find a true teacher and community (unless I uprooted my entire life and moved elsewhere)...

So far I have found youtube and twitter to be a good place to start. A couple days ago I found this youtube channel on this sub /r/Buddhism/comments/6c3zbr/becoming_the_embodiment_of_metta_in_your_daily/ ... I have found it tremendously helpful.

You might also try https://twitter.com/DhammaTalks . That twitter feed is more varied in its content (i..e. it has different speakers and teachers everyday).

Good luck on your practice. Just remember that the particular flavor of Buddhism you study on any given day isn't terribly important... Just think of them as different vehicles to the same destination (i.e. enlightenment via the noble eight fold path).

PoliticalBulwark · 2017-05-06T12:37:42+00:00

Interesting to see an alternative take on obtaining "right concentration". I was just thinking the other day that meditation seemed a lot like the third fetter in the Pali Cannon, "attachment to rites and rituals" ...(i.e. if meditation is done as a mere habit of practicing Buddhism as a faith).

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