Autism and Buddhism

[raises hands]

I have been a student of the Dharma, as I came to know it, since my late teens. I have received transmission from a lama in the Bon branch of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition, first in Spain, and then in Nepal, where many Tibetan practitioners had fled around the time of the Chinese invasion of Tibet.

I have also spent some time in the Japanese Zen tradition, but "Dzogchen"•• practice is more suited to my temperament.

It very closely aligns with classical Northern school of Taoist in China. The 2 had some historical overlap, branching very early on when Padmasambhava came to Tibet.

The Tao Te Ching of Lau Tsi ••• and other early text on Taoism and Dzogchen, especially the translations of Thomas Cleary, are some of my most valuable resources when puzzling something out or trying to expand my understanding.

I do,also, love the koan tradition and teaching stories of the Zen tradition, as well.

••  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzogchen

•••https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laozi

Sister.

brother

brother

Thank you 

Here are 2 good starter books:

The Art of Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Start Where You Are by Pema Chödrön

Thank you all for replying. It has definitely given me a lot to think about