Good Eastern Philosophy Books

Hello I am new to the forums and I would like some help figuring out some good eastern philosophy/religion books.

Thanks

 

High.

How about Siddhartha by herman hesse

 

I already know the story of Siddhartha Gotama and a little bit about Buddhism. Would you still recommend it to me?

 

The Tao is Silent

 

Yes.

 

Not today

 

is the Tao Te Ching good?
i'm looking for basic philosophy writings to help me learn eastern philosophy

 

What do you mean?

 

We are speaking.

 

sorry I feel like a retard wow that was obvious

 

The truth is usually plain and self evident.

 

thats true sometimes you think to hard but usually its just as simple as can be

 

this is probably the best introduction to taoism out there.

 

'Eastern philosophy' is a wide and diverse area. There are different philosophies from various parts of the east, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism etc.
Probably the best thing is to look at the basic texts of these systems.

If you were an oriental person, you wouldn't really expect to find one book which would explain 'western philosophy', which again, is a huge area of very different types of ideas. And just as in the west, there are ideas which are complete opposites, (Christianity and scientific materialism for example) so in the east.

 

Zen Flesh, Zen Bones is great if you're at all interested in Zen Buddhism.