For thousands of years, the ancient Eastern philosophical classics such as the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita have influenced not only the East, but also the West. Among them, the "Book of Upanishads" is the crystallization of the spiritual and philosophical ideas of the ancient Indian civilization and occupies an extremely important position in the history of world philosophy and religion.
1. The Book of Upanishads (translated by Huang Baosheng)
The holy texts of ancient Hindu Brahmanism record the views of the teachers and saints of Hinduism throughout the ages
The original meaning of the "Upanishads" is "sitting next to someone", which implies the meaning of "secret transmission" and emphasizes that it cannot be passed on to "non-sons or disciples who have entered the house"
The general source of Indian idealistic and materialist philosophical thought
It is of great value to include the 13 original Upanishads recognized by the academic community, translated directly from Sanskrit
2. The Bhagavad Gita (by [Ancient India] Viyyasa, translated by Huang Baosheng)
Part of the sixth part of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata is a well-known Sanskrit teaching poem in ancient and modern Indian society, and is known as the sacred text of Indian religion.
It is perhaps the deepest and noblest thing proclaimed in this world.
—[de] William Humboldt
The Bhagavad Gita is one of the clearest and most comprehensive summaries of eternal philosophy, and perhaps the most systematic spiritual expression of eternal philosophy.
- [English] Huxley
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3. "A Thousand Rules of Teaching" ([India] Shang Karma, translated by Sun Jing)
The source of major ideological currents in modern India
The sanskrit Chinese translated in its entirety, and the first Chinese commentary
Like the Buddha Shakyamuni, he was primarily concerned with how to rescue sentient beings who were trapped in the "cycle of suffering in the sea of birth and death."
A master of the philosophy of the Vedanta school of medieval India, a philosopher, and a religious guide
4. Avista – The Holy Book of Zoroastrianism ([Iran], edited by Duste Hahe, translated by Yuan Wenqi)
The Avista is a sacred book of ancient Iranian Zoroastrianism and is the oldest document in Iran, written around the 10th century BC.
Avista has survived to this day, and it is a must-read for the study of ancient Iranian culture.
5. "The Study of Goodness" (by Kitaro Nishida, translated by He Qian)
This book is the author's first philosophical work and one of his masterpieces.
After the publication of the original book, it had a great influence in Japan, and was called "original philosophy" in Japan by the Japanese bourgeois intellectual circles (commonly known as "Nishida philosophy").
6. The Teachings of Qaboos ([Persian] by Angsul Maari, translated by Zhang Hui)
Considered the "Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilization"
It discusses the religious beliefs, ethics, social life, customs, scientific culture, state management, economy, military, and philosophical thought of the Persian Middle Ages