The Greatest Books of All Time on Eastern Religion

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Eastern religion

"Eastern religion" as a book category covers the religious and spiritual traditions that originated in Asia—commonly including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto, and related folk and new religious movements—along with their scriptures, commentaries, practices and cultural expressions. It embraces translations of sacred texts, philosophical and theological studies, histories, ethnographic and cultural analyses, practical guides to meditation, ritual, and devotional practice, biographies of teachers, and comparative or interfaith works. Typical themes are karma and dharma, enlightenment or liberation, ritual and devotional life, cosmology and ethics, meditation and mindfulness, and the intersections of religion with art and society. The category is broad and diverse—ranging from scholarly treatments to popular introductions and devotional literature—and reflects many languages, regions and local practices rather than a single unified system.

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