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can anyone recommend a good book/website that will explain in some detail the buddist beliefs and practices?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You could try "Buddhism" by Christmas Humphreys (founder of the Buddhist Society, London), published by Penguin. If your interest is more specifically in Zen Buddhism, I'd recommend, "An Introduction to Zen Buddhism" by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki and "Way of Zen" by Alan Watts. All three books can be easily found and purchased online. Excellent online resources for Buddhism can be found at http://www.thebuddhistsociety.org.uk/
and http://www.buddhanet.net/
First of all Buddhism is not to be studied really but to be practiced. To learn the art of Vipassana... the orignal meditation which Buddha used to become enlightned visit www.dhamma.org there are vipassnana centers around the world and instruction and living accomodations are FREE. You must however make a 10 day commitment. ITS WORTH IT! I tell you, that was one of the most importnat experiences in my life and I plan to go again.