[Buddha-l] Request for help from learned members of this list

[jkirk]

My advice is for you to do 20% study and 80% practice. Develop a
daily meditation practice. Find a meditation group near you and
visit their  meetings at least once or twice a month. There are
lots of groups in Los  Angeles. 
Go on a 3-10 day meditation retreat once a year. Try to live a
moral  life according to the 8_Fold Path.


I am assuming from what you wrote that your interest was becoming
a Buddhist and not to become a Buddhist scholar.
 
Jack
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Humbly agree with this advice. Would only add: for a start with
study, roam the access to insight website, lots of the Pali texts
in translation are there-- that is if you decide not to buy a lot
of books just now.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ 

Joanna