Recommendation for Eastern philosophy books

khaled November 28, 2019 at 01:20 1550 views 3 comments

As the title says, I just want to know if anyone has any recommendations in this topic. I only recently started dabbling in Eastern philosophy and was wondering if there were any must reads on the topic. I'm especially interested in Daoism and Zen (don't think the latter counts as a philosophy but I'm interested nonetheless)

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armonie November 28, 2019 at 18:42 #357068 0 likes

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Pantagruel November 28, 2019 at 19:14 #357082 0 likes

Definitely the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, as suggested. I would suggest getting the "Portable World Bible" and reviewing the source texts of the various major eastern religions there. Great book to own. The Bhagavad-gita is excellent. "Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines" I found enjoyable. Also one called "Yoga and Psychotherapy". "Tibetan Book of the Dead".

Ying November 30, 2019 at 23:27 #357777 0 likes

Quoting khaled

As the title says, I just want to know if anyone has any recommendations in this topic. I only recently started dabbling in Eastern philosophy and was wondering if there were any must reads on the topic. I'm especially interested in Daoism and Zen (don't think the latter counts as a philosophy but I'm interested nonetheless)

For daoism:

-"I Ching".
-"Daodejing".
-"Liezi".
-"Zhuangzi".

There also are the "Wunengzi" and the "Huahujing", but I don't consider those to be "must reads". There also is a documentary series on Youtube called "Wudang Mountains - Cradle of Taoism", which is about religious daoism. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHcd6JRba7QueJHpCTUC1Wc9NnFvpRcV-

For zen:

-"Shobogenzo" by Dogen Zenji.
-""The Unfettered Mind" by Takuan Soho.
-"Zen Mind, Beginners Mind" by Shunryu Suzuki.