by Ben Huot
ben@benjamin-newton.com
www.benjamin-newton.com

Asian Classics

"In this life no matter how much pity and sympathy we may feel for others, it is impossible to help another as we truly wish; thus our compassion is inconsistent and limited."

--Tannisho, IV.

78 Recommended (not including Bible books

Bibles

King James Version

The Message

New International Version

New American Standard Bible

Amplified Version

Contemporary Parallel New Testament

History

Isaiah

First and Second Thessalonians

Memoirs of Usamah Ibn-Munqidh - Islamic

Gulistan by Sadi (or Rose Garden) - Islamic

The Muqaddimah by Ibn Khaldun - Islamic

The Secret of Divine Civilization by 'Abdu'l -Baha - Bahai

Orientalism by Edward W. Said - Christian

Beyond Belief by V.S. Naipaul - Islamic

The Indianized States of Southeast Asia by George Coedes - Indian / Buddhist

Han Fei Tzu - Chinese

I Pulled a Rickshaw by Tam Lang - Communist

Household Servants by Vu Trong Phung - Communist

Psychology

Ephesians

Jonah

The Conference of the Birds by Farid ud-din Attar - Islamic

Deliverance from Error (autobiography) by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali - Islamic

Bhagavad Gita - Indian

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali - Indian

Pali Canon - Buddhist

The Dhammapada - Buddhist

The Heart Sutra - Buddhist

"The Four Ways of Knowing of an Enlightened Person" by Hakuin - Buddhist

Secret of the Golden Flower - Buddhist / Chinese

Wang Yangming - Chinese

Ethics

First John

Proverbs

Sufi Book of Spiritual Ascent by Abu'l-Qasim al-Qushayri - Islamic

Hadith (Sayings and Doings of Muhammad) - Islamic

The Mahabharata (shortened modern prose version) - Indian

The Ramayana (shortened modern prose version) - Indian

"Ardrakumara" (Jain) - Indian

Vows and Observances by Mahatma Gandhi - Indian

Bodhidharma - Buddhist

The Sutra of Hui-neng (or Platform Sutra) - Buddhist

The Filial Piety Sutra - Buddhist

Hsün Tzu (or Xun Zi) - Chinese

Chu Hsi (or Zhu Xi) - Chinese

“Doctrine of the Mean” by Confucius - Chinese

“The Great Learning” by Confucius - Chinese

Chuang Tzu (or Zhuangzi) - Chinese

"Yang Chu" by Lieh Tzu (or Liezi) - Chinese

Religion/Philosophy

Romans

Gospel of John

The Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius - Christian

Philokalia - Christian

The Revival of the Religious Sciences (first part) by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali - Islamic

Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah - Bahai

Upanishads - Indian

"The Childhood of Vajrasvamin" (Jain) - Indian

Eihei Dogen (Zen Master) - Buddhist

Tannisho by Shinran Shonin (Pure Land Buddhism) - Buddhist

"An Account of My Hut" by Kamo no Chomei - Buddhist

"Array of Critiques Against Buddhism" by Jeong Dojeon - Chinese

Poetry

Psalms

Lamentations

Yehuda Amichai - Jewish

Agi Mishol - Jewish

Labid - Islamic

Mukhabbal - Islamic

K'ab ibn Zuhayr - Islamic

Hafiz - Islamic

The Ruba'iyat by Omar Khayyam - Islamic

Kabir - Indian

Guru Nanak - Indian

Mirabai (or Meera) - Indian

Surdas - Indian

Basavanna - Indian

Devara Dasimayya - Indian

Mahadeviyakka - Indian

Rabindranath Tagore - Indian

Wang Wei - Buddhist

Han Shan - Buddhist

Verses of Praise by T'aego (Zen Master) - Buddhist

Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves (or Manyoshu) - Buddhist

Li Po (or Li Bai) - Chinese

Tu Fu (or Du Fu) - Chinese

Yi Kyubo - Chinese

Jeong Cheol (Kasa) - Chinese

"The Fisherman's Calendar" by Yun Sondo - Chinese

Art

The Mysticism of Sound and Music by Hazrat Inayat Khan - Islamic

Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy - Indian

Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuzo - Buddhist / Chinese

Cheng Man-ch'ing (Master of Five Excellences) - Chinese

"Talks at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art" (1942) by Mao Tse-Tung (or Mao Zedong) - Communist

Japanese Miscalleny

"Uto" by Seami Motokiyo - Buddhist

"Atsumori" by Seami Motokiyo - Buddhist

"Sotoba Komachi" by Kan'ami Kiyotsugu - Buddhist

"The Captain of Naruto" - Chinese