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This Introduction to South and East Asian Philosopher Reader was developed as an Open Textbook (OER, Open Educational Resource) for use in a lower-level Philosophy course at Golden West College (a California Community College). It contains many of the classic and important works in East and South Asian Philosophies as well as some historical and biographical information. All of the works contain licenses that allow this work to be used and distributed freely and openly and may be printed (even for commercial purposes). Please contact the editor for comments, feedback, or suggestions. This work is effectively an anthology of many important works in Philosophy that are freely available. It meets accessibility requirements as well. The Table of Contents is listed below: UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE PHILOSOPHY: TAOISM, CONFUCIANISM, SHINTOISM 1. Introduction to South and East Asian Philosophy 2. The Tao of Pooh: Part I 3. The Tao of Pooh: Part II 4. Confucius: Part I 5. Confucius: Part II 6. Shintoism UNIT TWO: HINDU-BASED PHILOSOPHY AND JAINISM 7. Creation 8. Self and Atman 9. Reality and Time 10. Reincarnation 11. Karma 12. Hindu Meditation 13. Jainism 14. Other Eastern Religions and their Philosophies: Sikhism and Zoroastrianism UNIT THREE: BUDDHIST PHILOSOPHY 15. Siddhartha (Part I) 16. Siddhartha (Part II) 17. Siddhartha (Part III) 18. Origins, Theravada, and Mahayana 19. Ox-Herding, Sesshin & Nirvana 20. Koans and Meditation 21. Zen UNIT FOUR: LET’S FIGHT: SUN-TZU, SAMURAIS, AND MARTIAL ARTS 22. The Art of War (I) 23. The Art of War (II) 24. Bushido 25. Kung-Fu and Buddhism UNIT FIVE: OTHER PARTS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD AND PARALLELS TO THE EAST 26. Pre-Socratics 27. Socrates 28. Plato 29. Aristotle

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