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GUEST,FolkGiant BS: Any Buddhists out there? (66* d) RE: BS: Any Buddhists out there? 04 Mar 10

I am rather a "Christian Buddhist", if you will.

I was raised in evangelical Christianity, fell away, discovered first Mahayana and then Zen Buddhism later in life and find that the teachings of Gautama Buddha and Yeshua of Natzeret ("Jesus") are practically identical. Save, of course, for the Hindu influences from Gautama Buddha's upbringing and the obviously Orthodox Judaism that informed the teachings of Jesus.

I would suggest that one stay away from the "Buddhist" books at the big-chain bookstores. Visit monastery websites or ask practitioners; the stuff at the chains is as likely to be from an "armchair lama" as it is from anyone with something real to contribute to your studies.

Regards (Namaste),

FG

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