user10551: I'm 22 years old and have been interested in Buddhism for a long time and consider myself Buddhist. I meditate 2 or 3 times a week and have read a few books on Buddhism. I am more interested in Theravada Buddhism and am not sure where to move forward from here. Should I read and study the Digha Nikaya? I should probably find a sangha near me and go to it, too. For starters, though, should I purchase and read the Digha Nikaya?

user-1: I would stick to the Majjhima Nikaya.  The suttas are a bit shorter than the Diga and cover a very wide breadth of Buddhist concepts.  In the past (and maybe even nowadays) it was usually the first text studied by new monks upon their ordination.  Bhikkhu Bodhi did an incredible English translation that is amply footnoted (and yes, the notes are superstitious...but then again, the original texts were written 2,500 years ago.  People believed different things back then.).  Moreover, Bhikkhu Bodhi also did an indispensable introductory class series on the text which can be found here.
If you are interested in the teaching of the elders, you'd be hard pressed to find a better entry point.         

10551: <p>I'm 22 years old and have been interested in Buddhism for a long time and consider myself Buddhist. I meditate 2 or 3 times a week and have read a few books on Buddhism. I am more interested in Theravada Buddhism and am not sure where to move forward from here. Should I read and study the Digha Nikaya? I should probably find a sangha near me and go to it, too. For starters, though, should I purchase and read the Digha Nikaya?</p>
 -1: <p>I would stick to the Majjhima Nikaya.  The suttas are a bit shorter than the Diga and cover a very wide breadth of Buddhist concepts.  In the past (and maybe even nowadays) it was usually the first text studied by new monks upon their ordination.  Bhikkhu Bodhi did an incredible English translation that is amply footnoted (and yes, the notes are superstitious...but then again, the original texts were written 2,500 years ago.  People believed different things back then.).  Moreover, Bhikkhu Bodhi also did an indispensable introductory class series on the text which can be found <a href="http://bodhimonastery.org/a-systematic-study-of-the-majjhima-nikaya.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>

<p>If you are interested in the teaching of the elders, you'd be hard pressed to find a better entry point.         </p>
