Hello. I am having a lot of trouble finding somewhere that I can find a simple explaination on the difference of the schools. I would like some SIMPLIFIED help on determainating the difference so I can finally choose what school I want to follow. Please help?:help:
Don't try to choose. At all. Just study and practice. Mostly practice. But definitely study. Study is practice, if you do it right. Practice is study, if you do it right. There is no right way, and it's literally impossible to understand the various schools (kind of at all) without practice, study, and understanding. You're making a mistake right off the bat when you try to select. They're all the same. They're all just different sides of the same die. The Buddha's dying words were something to the effect of "Don't listen to anything just because someone with a shiny gold star said it, only accept that which accords with your own experience."
And, honestly, (this is my sectarianism speaking) the best place to start is probably with Taoism anyway. I recommend the Tao Te Ching. It's the simplest expression of the Way, makes the least sense, and starts off by telling you it's all a pack of lies, which is a healthy thing to keep in mind when trying to understand crap other people have said about the Way or the Dharma or the Truth or whatever.