>>21724893Sooo in order to start studying buddhism I need to complete a checklist (reading, visiting temples, discussing with monks and practice) even though no one knows where one should start? This just looks like gatekeeping, man.
>You can't frame it as the other worship-based religionEven I know how different it is from other religions like Abrahamic ones, but I was kind of shocked because there doesn't seem to have a "central book" to it, like the Bible or the Quran. The only thing I know of that exists is the Dhammapada, but to me it just seems like a bunch of lessons and sayings, like a kind of Buddhist Psalms idk.
