Interested to learn more about Eastern philosophy? Here are three must reads to get you started! All three are very, very readable and nice to read if you want to take a break from all the academics and just go with the flow.
All are available at Fully Booked. Just check for stocks. (The store I frequent, Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street, has multiple copies available.)
Clicking on the covers will lead you to some sites where you can learn more about them.
If you want to explore some of the references I used, here is a sample of my bibliography.
- Tao Te Ching, translated by DC Lau (available here)
- Tao Te Ching: Annotated and Explained by Derek Lin (order online)
- Tao of Daily Life by Derek Lin (available here, rare)
- The Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff (available here)
- The Second Book of the Tao by Stephen Mitchell (available here)
- The Analects, translated by DC Lau (available here)
- The Analects: A Philosophical Translation by Roger T. Ames (available here)
- Upanishads, translated by Valerie Roebuck (available here)
- Upanishads, translated by F. Max-Miller (available here)
- Buddhist Scriptures by Donald Lopez (available here)
- Buddha by Karen Armstrong (available here)
The following two books were most central in developing my approach to teaching religion and philosophy in the social sciences. These books helped me frame the discussions in terms of The Axial Age and the ethos of the various societies.
- Heritage of World Civilizations (8th edition) — We have one copy in the library; it is with me
- The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong (available here)
I was hoping for a pdf file. hahaha. Oh well. I guess I’m on my trip to Trinoma tomorrow….