buddhism¶

tldr too long didn't read¶

• once a day practice anapanasati

• once a day practice maranasati

• use the 2 links below to study buddhism

• make a lifelong habit of studying buddhism

recommended sites¶

• plum village
• dhammatalks

rando chatgpt diagrams¶

stateDiagram
    [*] --> Enlightenment
    Enlightenment --> Nirvana
    Nirvana --> Rebirth
    Rebirth --> Karma
    Karma --> Samsara
    Samsara --> Dukkha
    Dukkha --> [*]

sequenceDiagram
    participant Practitioner
    participant Buddha
    Practitioner->>+Buddha: Seek teachings
    Buddha->>Practitioner: Four Noble Truths
    Practitioner->>+Buddha: Follow Eightfold Path
    Buddha->>Practitioner: Middle Way
    Practitioner->>+Dharma: Study texts
    Practitioner->>+Sangha: Seek guidance
    Sangha-->>Practitioner: Teachings and guidance
    Practitioner->>Practitioner: Meditation and mindfulness
    Practitioner->>Practitioner: Practice generosity and ethics

graph TD;
    subgraph Enlightenment
        A[Enlightenment]
    end

graph TD;
    subgraph Three Jewels
        B[Buddha]
        C[Dharma]
        D[Sangha]
    end

graph TD;
    subgraph Four Noble Truths
        E[Suffering Dukkha]
        F[Origin of suffering Samudaya]
        G[Cessation of suffering Nirodha]
        H[Path leading to the cessation of suffering Magga]
    end

graph TD;
    subgraph Noble Eightfold Path
        I[Right View]
        J[Right Intention]
        K[Right Speech]
        L[Right Action]
        M[Right Livelihood]
        N[Right Effort]
        O[Right Mindfulness]
        P[Right Concentration]
    end

graph TD;
    subgraph Five Precepts
        Q[Do not kill]
        R[Do not steal]
        S[Do not engage in sexual misconduct]
        T[Do not lie]
        U[Do not use intoxicants]
    end

graph TD;
    subgraph Six Perfections
        V[Generosity]
        W[Ethics]
        X[Patience]
        Y[Diligence]
        Z[Concentration]
        AA[Wisdom]
    end

graph TD;
    subgraph Three Universal Truths
        AB[Impermanence Anicca]
        AC[Suffering Dukkha]
        AD[Non-self Anatta]
    end

graph TD;
    subgraph Three Characteristics of Existence
        AE[Impermanence Anicca]
        AF[Suffering Dukkha]
        AG[Non-self Anatta]
    end

graph TD;
    subgraph Meditation Practices
        AH[Vipassana]
        AI[Samatha]
        AJ[Mettabhavana Loving-kindness]
        AK[Chanting]
        AL[Walking meditation]
        AM[Body scan meditation]
    end

graph TD;
    subgraph Schools of Buddhism
        AN[Theravada]
        AO[Mahayana]
        AP[Vajrayana]
    end

graph TD;
    subgraph Four Brahma Viharas
        AQ[Loving-kindness Metta]
        AR[Compassion Karuna]
        AS[Sympathetic Joy Mudita]
        AT[Equanimity Upekkha]
    end

graph LR;
    subgraph Twelve Dependent Origination
        AU[Ignorance Avijja]
        AV[Volitional Activities Sankhara]
        AW[Consciousness Vinnana]
        AX[Mind and Body Nama-rupa]
        AY[Six Senses Salayatana]
        AZ[Contact Phassa]
        BA[Sensation Vedana]
        BB[Craving Tanha]
        BC[Attachment Upadana]
        BD[Becoming Bhava]
        BE[Birth Jati]
        BF[Aging and Death Jara-marana]
    end

    A --> {Three Jewels}
    A --> {Four Noble Truths}
    A --> {Noble Eightfold Path}
    A --> {Five Precepts}
    A --> {Six Perfections}
    A --> {Three Universal Truths}
    A --> {Three Characteristics of Existence}
    A --> {Meditation Practices}
    A --> {Schools of Buddhism}
    A --> {Four Brahma Viharas}
    A --> {Twelve Dependent Origination}

a rant after 5 years of studying buddhism¶

I wish I had a webpage like this one when I started...

tmi: my journey

i started studying meditaiton and variations of buddhism during covid

so reading books, watching videos, attending online events

there's way tmi about buddhism, for starters buddha taught 84,000 paths to enlightenment

the pali canon is a big old bookshelf

despite all that info everyone and their cousin wrote another book on meditation and sold it

english translations are often translations of translations of variations of buddhism as it spread to other countries

each of these variations below added a bunch of new jargon

after dozens of books in these variations below I settled on tldr

variations¶

• buddhism by country

graph
hinduism -- thousands+ years old --> buddhism
buddhism -- east --> theravada 
buddhism -- tibet --> mahayana 
buddhism -- tibet --> vajrayana 
buddhism -- tibet --> dzogchen
buddhism -- china and japan --> zen