My Introduction to NewBuddhist.com

Nathaniel839

Hello guys, I'm Nathaniel and I recently joined NewBuddhist.com and thought I should introduce myself to everyone. I guess I should start off by explaining that I'm agnostic and not a Buddhist. Wondering why I joined this website if I'm not even a Buddhist? Well, I simply love Buddhism! In fact, I'm even thinking about getting a tattoo of The Buddha meditating on my shoulder. Anyways, I mainly joined this website to get answers and opinions from other Buddhists rather than getting false information from a website like Wikipedia, Wiki Answers, etc... I hope that I will get to meet most of you guys and that you will all be able to help me when help is needed.

Peace!

Cloud

Welcome @Nathaniel839!
I highly recommend http://www.BuddhaNet.net for information on Buddhism.

Nathaniel839

Thanks for the warm welcoming!

Cloud

Quite welcome. We actually have a new member thread, but that's okay. :D Here are a couple of more specific links on BuddhaNet:

#1: Basic Buddhism Guide
#2: Online Study Guide

Also http://www.AccessToInsight.org is a great site for English translations of the Pali Canon, and has its own Self-Guided Tour of the Buddha's teachings. Most significantly the entire website can be downloaded for offline viewing/research.

Nathaniel839

Haha, my mistake, I didn't realize that there was a new member thread. And thanks for helping me out and giving me these websites, I'll have to check them out later. :nyah:

Cloud

No problemo. I kinda wish we had some introductory information on Buddhist teachings here, but of course we'd have to either make it really really basic or have sections for the different schools/branches. BuddhaNet has all of that, so it's easier to just point people there to get their feet wet.

If you have any questions about the forum, feel free to ask.

Bunks

Howdy Nathaniel.....a great bunch of people on this site!