(Part 2) Top products from r/EasternPhilosophy
We found 3 product mentions on r/EasternPhilosophy. We ranked the 23 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
21. Mahayana Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations (The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices)
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I liked the very short introduction to Indian philosophy (http://www.amazon.com/Indian-Philosophy-Very-Short-Introduction/dp/0192853740/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420386854&sr=1-1&keywords=indian+philosophy+very+short).
I noticed there is one for Confucianism that may also be good (http://www.amazon.com/Confucianism-Very-Short-Introduction-Introductions/dp/0195398912/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1420386854&sr=1-2&keywords=indian+philosophy+very+short).
I like these books because they're a good place to start, and all of them have good bibliography / further reading sections at the end.
Speaking as an academic, I've found Siderits lacking, for Buddhist philosophy.
Instead I would highly recommend two books by Paul Williams. Buddhist Thought for an overview of Indian Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism to supplement it. Together they give an amazing overview of Buddhist thought.
Hey, /u/Apiperofhades. I read your /r/AskPhilosophy post so I'll suggest books based on the following:
>I'm more interested in academic historical work on doctrine and practices and so on.
/r/Buddhism's most famous academic (who recently passed away), /u/michael_dorfman, recommended Rupert Gethin's The Foundations of Buddhism and Peter Harvey's An Introduction to Buddhism religiously, "to get a basic understanding of Buddhist doctrine".
Additionally, you may wish to consider chapter 5 of Surendranath Dasgupta's A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1, titled 'Buddhist Philosophy' (all five volumes can be found here on Internet Archive; the first alone here on Project Gutenberg), and chapter 5 (and, perhaps, 9) of Mysore Hiriyanna's Outlines of Indian Philosophy, titled 'Early Buddhism' (and 'Later Buddhistic Schools'). This book can be found here on Internet Archive.