Lists of Bests: caceae's "Great Books: Non-Western Literature" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/19939 From http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/grttabl4.html Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:24:36 GMT en-us 0 50 264 50 0 The Laws of Manu http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484531 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484531"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/8177558765.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V66255530_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by G. Buhler</div> The Rig Veda (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1884800 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1884800"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140449892.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> The Vedas: With Illustrative Extracts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1884803 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1884803"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1585092231.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114639314_.jpg" /></a></div> The Upanishads http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27888 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/27888"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0915132397.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056507369_.jpg" /></a></div> I Ching or Book of Changes (Arkana) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2435075 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2435075"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0140192077.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Book of Songs, Vols. I & II (Shi Jing) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484558 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Various</div> Carvaka/Lokayata; An Anthology of Source Materials and Some Recent Studies http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484572 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484572"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/8185636117.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60826769_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya</div> Gateway to Knowledge: A Condensation of the Tripitaka, Vol. 1 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2163505 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2163505"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/9627341290.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche</div> Gateway to Knowledge: A Condensation of the Tripitaka, Vol. 2 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/354436 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/354436"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/9627341428.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche</div> Gateway to Knowledge: A Condensation of the Tripitaka, Vol. 3 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2163514 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2163514"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/9627341460.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche</div> Tao Te Ching, 25th-Anniversary Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19099 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/19099"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679776192.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lao Tsu</div> The Texts of Taoism: Vols. 1 and 2 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484580 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Legge</div> The Analects of Confucius http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38456 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38456"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679722963.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Arthur Waley</div> Mahaparinibbana Sutta http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484587 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Vedanta-Sutras http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484592 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484592"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1406809640.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V37207153_.jpg" /></a></div> The Dhammapada: A New Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969289 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/969289"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590303806.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Valmiki Ramayana: Retold in Verse (Valmiki Ramayana) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1015366 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1015366"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0893891371.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1056505776_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Swami Rama</div> Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, Hs¿n Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96543 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96543"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0231025157.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Sun-Tzu: The Art of War (Classics of Ancient China) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/121122 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/121122"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/034536239X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V44910771_.jpg" /></a></div> Mencius (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/826154 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/826154"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/014044971X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Anonymous</div> The Way of Chuang Tzu (Shambhala Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1376158 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1376158"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590301439.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Merton</div> Bhagavad Gita (Shambhala Library) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/318067 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/318067"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590301900.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1107853108_.jpg" /></a></div> Mahabharata: The Greatest Spiritual Epic of All Time (Great Classics of India) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/407560 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/407560"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1887089136.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Krishna Dharma</div> Xunzi: A Translation and Study of the Complete Works, Books 1-6 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1111472 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Knoblock</div> The Songs of the South: An Anthology of Ancient Chinese Poems by Qu Yuan and Other Poets (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1105501 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Qu Yuan</div> Xin Yi Han Fei Zi (Hardcover) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484653 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484653"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/9571424048.01-AM9ANJQLII2BJ._SCTHUMBZZZ_V62138749_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Fu Wuguang</div> The Sacred Books of the East: Volume 35. The Questions of King Milinda http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484676 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484676"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1402185928.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V54483020_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Friedrich Max Müller</div> The Sacred Books of the East: Volume 36. The Questions of King Milinda. Part 2 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484675 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484675"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1402185871.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V52438925_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Friedrich Max Müller</div> Records of the Grand Historian of China: Translated From the Shih Chi of Ssu-ma Ch'ien http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1195966 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Burton Watson</div> The Vaisesika sûtras of Kanâda,: With the commentary of Sankara Misra and extracts from the gloss of Jayanârâyana http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484664 <div id="position">30</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kanada</div> Poems of Love and War: From the Eight Anthologies and the Ten Long Poems of Classical Tamil http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484685 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by A. K. Ramanujan</div> The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70471 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70471"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1582432562.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Red Pine</div> The Heart Sutra http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/568473 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/568473"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/1593760825.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Perfect Wisdom: The Short Prajnaparamita Texts http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150830 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/150830"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0946672288.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1064952684_.jpg" /></a></div> Ashvaghosha: The Awakening of Faith http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484695 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484695"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/8121511410.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1141256577_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Timoth Richard</div> Kuruntokai http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484697 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Lun-Heng. Two Volumes. Part One (1): Philosophical Essays of Wang Ch'ung; Part Two (2): Miscellaneous Essays of Wang Ch'ung. Unalterd and Unabridged Reprint of the Last (1907) Edition. http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2484710 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alfred Forke</div> Buddhist Scriptures (Penguin Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/68385 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/68385"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/014044758X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Shilappadikaram: "The Ankle Bracelet" http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485844 <div id="position">39</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lakshmi Holmstrom</div> Sukhavativyuha Sutra http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485861 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Vimalakirti Sutra http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2154237 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2154237"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0231106572.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Fundamental Wisdom of the Middle Way: Nagarjuna's Mulamadhyamakakarika http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4412 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4412"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0195093364.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V60957565_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nagarjuna</div> The Lotus Sutra (Translations from the Asian Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96542 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/96542"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/023108160X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1057189240_.jpg" /></a></div> The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A New Translation with Commentary (Shambhala Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/620960 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/620960"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1590300238.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Chip Hartranft</div> The Zend Avesta (Sacred Books of the East) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002160 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1002160"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0700715436.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114155326_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by F. Max Muller</div> The Samkhyakarita of Isvarakrsna: With the commentary of Gaudapadac Translated into English and with notes by T.G. Mainkar (Poone Oriental Series) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485915 <div id="position">46</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isvarakrsna</div> The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1055739 <div id="position">47</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1055739"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0425198421.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1123804750_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Francis Burton</div> Kautilya's Arthasastra http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485928 <div id="position">48</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Cloud Messenger http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2485938 <div id="position">49</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kalidasa</div> The Recognition of Sakuntala (Thrift Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1187131 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1187131"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/048643169X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1109802720_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kalidasa</div>