Aight /lit/, let's say I'm not allowed both, so which book should I get? Which one has had a bigger impact on your day-to-day life?
other works of eastern philosophy are welcome as well.
Goddard's Buddhist Bible is a classic, collects important bits from many Buddhist texts (Zen specifically IIRC), and impacted me pretty profoundly years ago. highly recommend.
>>7508883
Definitely Dao de Ching. Diamond Sutra is just a part of Buddhist theosophy, whereas the Dao de Ching is a more complete manual of Daoist instruction.
>>7508930
What's a decent,fairly cheap translation of the Dae de Ching?
>>7508979
Red Pine is good. Avoid Stephen Mitchell.
>>7509040
>Avoid Stephen Mitchell.
any particular reason?
>>7508979
I would actually recommend Stephen Mitchell, as it was the copy we read in my class that studies Eastern Philosophy, as personally endorsed by my professor.
http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Te-Ching-Laozi/dp/0060812451
>>7508979
>cheap
No.
The Tao. If you want real Buddhism stay away from the Mahayana.
>>7508979
I own the English and Feng translation. I compared it to multiple other translations while reading it
If you get any edition, always be checking against other translations. Also use ctext.org to see the Chinese and find out the different meanings of the characters.
>Not getting the GOAT piece of Buddhist literature
Get the Kaz Tanahashi translation
>>7509042
bump for this
>>7509042
That anon might not like him as he uses more of a poetic licence than others, he seems good to me however
What does anyone think of Ursula Le Guin's translation of the Tao te ching? All the other translations I've looked at seem too politically charged or modernized.
this is a good starting point for chinese philosophy in general. I would recommend the Tao te Ching over the diamond sutra
