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**pE71J5Sw** · 07-08-2011, 11:05 PM

Hi Bib,

Advices from Aloka, Kris and Stuka are good ones. Now just my 2 cents.

The books of the Dalai Lama and other best sellers, in my personal experience, didn't work. And seems that, again, they are not working. When I first approached Buddhism was with a very good book that gave me a good overall landscape of what were the teachings of the Buddha about and it resonated deeply in me. Being so enthusiastic I get hooked into such books. Mostly Dalai Lama's and Thich's most popular ones. But they were not working and the questions you are addressing were the same I had. I approached Soto Zen tradition and things started to work and after that I started to go into the teachings of the historical Buddha recorded in what is known as the Pali Canon.

The difference from a best seller with a romantic perspective in the Dalai Lama's and Thich's books and the Pali Canon Teachings is really huge. Also to practice meditation with a sanga is very helpful. Dalai Lama's, Thich's and other books are just about their personal ideas developed with their very personal life circumstances which most of the time have really nothing to do with what Buddha taught.

Try to look for a meditation group. If it is under a Buddhist tradition it will be best and try to go into the teachings of the historical Buddha which will give you the precise instructions of what you need to do.

I just don't know how to apply principles, or even understand them properly, to these awful unsettling feelings.

You will never get the "how to apply principles" with Dalai Lama's and others best sellers. It is important to practice meditation and I think you will be started at the knowledge of the "how to" with the link below:

Handbook for Mankind from Bhikkhu Buddhadasa.

The author of the book is a good teacher and you can find other good teachings and teachers in the link below:

What the Buddha Taught

Most of those teachers and their writings are about the Pali Canon and are to make us clear the instructions that the Buddha left us in his teachings.

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pE71J5Sw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 433 Senior Member	Hi Bib, Advices from Aloka, Kris and Stuka are good ones. Now just my 2 cents. The books of the Dalai Lama and other best sellers, in my personal experience, didn't work. And seems that, again, they are not working. When I first approached Buddhism was with a very good book that gave me a good overall landscape of what were the teachings of the Buddha about and it resonated deeply in me. Being so enthusiastic I get hooked into such books. Mostly Dalai Lama's and Thich's most popular ones. But they were not working and the questions you are addressing were the same I had. I approached Soto Zen tradition and things started to work and after that I started to go into the teachings of the historical Buddha recorded in what is known as the Pali Canon. The difference from a best seller with a romantic perspective in the Dalai Lama's and Thich's books and the Pali Canon Teachings is really huge. Also to practice meditation with a sanga is very helpful. Dalai Lama's, Thich's and other books are just about their personal ideas developed with their very personal life circumstances which most of the time have really nothing to do with what Buddha taught. Try to look for a meditation group. If it is under a Buddhist tradition it will be best and try to go into the teachings of the historical Buddha which will give you the precise instructions of what you need to do. I just don't know how to apply principles, or even understand them properly, to these awful unsettling feelings. You will never get the "how to apply principles" with Dalai Lama's and others best sellers. It is important to practice meditation and I think you will be started at the knowledge of the "how to" with the link below: Handbook for Mankind from Bhikkhu Buddhadasa. The author of the book is a good teacher and you can find other good teachings and teachers in the link below: What the Buddha Taught Most of those teachers and their writings are about the Pali Canon and are to make us clear the instructions that the Buddha left us in his teachings.
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