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A good introduction to Buddhist ethics and beliefs can be found in the Dhammapada ("path of the Dharma"). Look for a translation with good explanatory notes as the translations aren't always clear due to idioms and other cultural linguistics. Thomas Cleary's is good.
This book provided me with a useful foundation.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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