Thread 41088438

Hello anons, does anyone have a good book recommendation on the daily life practice of buddhism? There are tons of good meditation guides and sources on the theory and framework of religion, but I found nothing on the actual "practice", how to detach yourself from desires, having control over your emotional states, how to remain calm and stable, essentially how to "give up on everything". Evola's Doctrine of Awakening is really solid wrt to theory. The mind illuminated is also great but it focuses mostly on meditation. Practicing the Jhanas was ok. If you know anything related to the subject please share on the thread

bump. currently reading buddhism plain and simple

>>41088438 (OP)
Read the suttas and read the path to nibbana by David Johnson

>>41089349
>>41089294
Thank you

read this:
>the world is an illusion according to buddhism and many religions (yes even normie and hardcore christians believe this world of flesh is temporary, some sort of testing ground where they have to avoid sin and be virtuous to ascend to heaven either upon death or the rapture)
>oddly enough, the recent popularity of tech has led to wider acceptance and discussion of simulation theory which is basically saying the same thing, world is an illusion
>when you go to sleep and dream, how many times have you mistaken that dream for being a real situation? for me it's every single damn time. and it's still your brain, just asleep, so i guess you can say it is in a resting, weakened state, but still, it is your mind and brain and everything feels normal in this vivid dream.
>being aware that you are in a dream is called lucid dreaming which is difficult and many claim can be done through training
>now accept that it's possible to live a more lucid way while you are awake in this "real" world
>now train yourself to use that power to be detached and not react to every little thing that happens
>stuck in a bad family? focus on making enough $ to get far away from them
>recognize that all bad people are just NPC bots that are designed by the system to make it seem real. they are obstacles. without them the world would seem very empty, and if you look at history, that's actually how things were before the 1900s.
>even being on 4ch, on popular boards, everything feels crowded, so many posts and threads

>>41090344
>how to remain calm and stable
seek space and solitude, get away from crowded places, get away from NPCs and limit your exposure to them down to the absolute minimum (like for a job only talk when you must and do so in a way that maintains your job so you can get paid and use that fake money to survive and keep going)

i've been looking at various pics of buddhist temples near me, and the REAL ones all have this same peaceful vibe. they are also usually spacious, not crowded, unless it's a pic of an event, and with lots of trees. the two biggest ones near me are in secluded areas, upon hills or near the foothills, far away from major cities and crowded areas. the true buddhists seek solitude away from the NPC masses. of course, you can get this peace in your own room if you have a decent living space.

the common "gotcha" against buddhism is that the desire to have no desires is itself a desire, and thus you are stuck and can't get detached. i think the buddhists claim it's some sort of koan, and once you solve it you are at peace. you have to be detached without effort, basically.

the fact that you think you have to read a bunch of books to figure out how to do it, shows you're still in the beginning phase, nothing wrong with that. it is very hard and the books probably will help. i'm just giving you the big picture. i've been at this for over 20 years.

keep in mind there are also many FAKE buddhists out there, who are typically asian or indian. and we all know how horny they can be. ultimately that lifestyle of being a celibate monk doesn't appeal to me, because i feel like it makes things worse, makes you desire and lust even more. so i just wanted to add that. don't feel compelled to listen to anyone just because they look like monks. they might be fake, like the ones who give out free beads in las vegas but then hassle ppl for tips. since this world is entirely fake, most NPCs are also fake and have figured out ways to money-maxx so they can live.

>>41090391
Then what would be the point of sitting there in those robes meditating all day when youre just gonna coom as soon as the opportunity presents itself? seems counterintuitive

>>41088438 (OP)
Finish the Evola, then read Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha

>>41090344
Checked
I used to lucid dream as a child, including one weird dream where some people came into my dream and attacked me, bur I fended them off. After that dream I have hardly ever remembered my dreams, and now Im 35. I also used to sleep walk and talk, or wake up and have the dream overlap with the waking world. Now I will vaguely remember maybe 1 dream every 6 months and it will usually be something violent or like something someone else came up with meant to shock and disturb me, but it never does and ǰust makes me feel weirdly good like after a good movie or some kind of relief.

The "real world" constantly fluctuates in how real it seems to me, usually not real at all, and then sometimes waaay too real which causes me panic attacks. I've had times where I seemed to enter Silent Hill type of situations. I've also had multiple near-death experiences where time got really funky and things turned out differently than I remember. For instance I recall being hit by an SUV, but the moment it hit me, suddenly I was jumping out of the way again and made it (the driver thought he ran me over, too, and gave me his case of beer as an apology).

Overall, I've found I can't seem to make any meaningful positive changes in my life, but some force keeps things from getting too bad, including by sending me money. For instance I haven't had a job in almost 5 years, and when I ran out of food one time, I was suddenly summoned for jury duty and they paid me for showing up. This reminds me of the SCP Foundation, tbhonest (picrel)

I wish I could somehow leave this reality, but it doesn't seem to be any use and pulling myself in and making things seem real is kind of painful. If the trick is to make things seem fake, then I should have been successful by now, I think. That's my default state.

Anyway, sorry for the rant.

>>41090660
https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/an-faq-part-two-or-your-hume-questions-answered

Bro Evola told you himself
> this work we have, apart from the two last chapters, based ft ourselves exclusively upon the Sutta Pitaka, which contains the most important and most ancient portion of Pali Buddhism (Evola Doctrine of Awakening page 1 line 1)
so uhh... here you go https://suttacentral.net/pitaka/sutta?lang=en
start with the middle discourses collection, the first 50. read them in pali and english.
Here is my favorite sutta, and at the end of the day i believe is all you need: https://suttacentral.net/kp9/en/sujato?lang=en&layout=sidebyside&reference=none&notes=asterisk&highlight=false&script=latin
Okay get reading bro

>>41088438 (OP)
Aren't the majority of Buddhists Mahayanists who believe in pure lands? I feel like the view of Buddhism we've received in the west is pretty warped.

>>41088438 (OP)
Not a book, but these monks talk about exactly what you want.
https://www.youtube.com/@HillsideHermitage
For a book, just start reading the pali canon.
How deeply the teaching will land is based on how dispassionate your mind is. That's why some people only need to hear a single sentence (like Bahiya), because they've already done all the work of cleaning out the defilements from their mind.
>Suppose there were a dry, sapless piece of timber lying on land far from water, and a man were to come along with an upper fire-stick, thinking, ‘I’ll produce fire. I’ll make heat appear.’ Now what do you think? Would he be able to produce fire and make heat appear by rubbing the upper fire-stick in the dry, sapless timber lying on land?”
>“Yes, Master Gotama. Why is that? Because the timber is dry & sapless, and besides it is lying on land far from water.”
>“So it is with any contemplative or brahman who lives withdrawn from sensuality in body & mind, and whose desire, infatuation, urge, thirst, & fever for sensuality is relinquished & stilled within him: Whether or not he feels painful, racking, piercing feelings (due to his striving), he is capable of knowledge, vision, & unexcelled self-awakening.
https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/MN/MN36.html

If you want to read Buddhist texts, please read this first:
https://www.cttbusa.org/respect/respecttexts.asp.html
They should be read if you want to become a Buddha, not just to satisfy curiousity.
As for recommendations on books for practice, you can check out the books the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association teaches relating to practice in their Sangha and Laity training programs:
https://sltp.drba.org/training_courses.htm
Be aware that the descriptions for a couple of the courses teaching forms of practice mention supervision and approval.

>>41092160
Sorry, this is the link: https://sltp.drba.org/training_laity.htm