5 easy philosophy books to read

[TheCassMtz]

The Bhagavad Gita was one of my favorite philosophical reads in the last 10 years. I wish I’d read it sooner

[adarshlaw]

Thanks for letting others know about the greatness of bhagbhat gita
Love from India ❤

[ExFarazKhan]

I would also recommend The Upanishads by Eknath Eswaran

[ErikErosa]

All of these are great recommendations, but it must be said that they are ALL very nuanced works. Yes, they are great starting points, but you will want to come back to them a bunch of times; I promise every single time you’ll get more out of them. Other books you should consider after this list: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius and the Zhuangzi by Zhuangzi.

[Shortahstory]

Books

-Toa te ching
-The analects
-Letters from a stoic
-Self reliance and other essays
-The bhagavad gita

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[TheBrendNew]

"Black skins, white masks" by Franz Fanon is a very readable book as well!

[shrutibhandari]

I LOVE the Eknath Easwaran version of the Gita! I always recommend it to people who want to dabble in Indian Philosophy. Great recommendations overall! Though I might swap out Seneca for Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, I know I know, basic AF

[ChanyeolsHaneul]

The Tao Te Ching is my favourite book of all times. I read it every first of the month and whenever I feel a bit lost. (I say reading but actually I listen the audiobook read by Wayne Dyer that someone added nature sounds and music in YouTube 😅)

[corskap]

This a great and thoughtful selection, thank you!

[DeidreaDeWitt]

Tao de Ching and Analects are a couple of my favorites. I found that Aristotle is a good start point, too. Get the Penguin editions.

[debarjandatta]

The Gita is actually more complicated than it seems, especially if you read it in Indian languages or best in Sanskrit. There are many words like Brahma, Atma, Maya, yoga which all can mean different things depending on which school of philosophy it is. When translating into English a lot of the subtlety might get lost and the translations actually become more of an explanation. To get a more accurate understanding of the Gita's philosophy I would recommend you read explanations from different schools of thought like Advaita Vedanta, Dvaita, Kashmir shaivism even.

[babitarani]

I was really a relief when you said Bhagwad Gita❤❤

For the love of books
Love from Bharat🧡🧡⚪💙⚪💚💚

[johnbishop]

Saying the Daodejing is easy to read basically means you didn't understand any of its contents lol

The Tao te king / Daodejing etc. is a collection of ancient Chinese poems. The issue with that is that poems often only make sense in their original language, while also losing meaning in translation. On top of that the Daodejing is filled with abstract concepts (such as the Tao itself) that have literally no unified translation in the West. Those two factors combined with the fact that it is a philosophy so distant from our western way of thinking that even explanations by Alan Watts back in the day are called lacking at best is a clear indicator that it is not just a book you can read and enjoy.

But, that doesn't mean it is not worth picking up. But by no means is it an easy book. I recommend Alan Watts books on Taoism beforehand (if need be, there are better authors), while reading the Daodejing with annotations.

Seneca and Emerson are good examples however.

[tasneem]

Thank you so much I just saw these books on Amazon I am instantly attracted to this books Tao te Chang and analetics

[bhrrrr]

I would recommend Mandukya karika by Gaudapada and Mulmadhyamaka karika by Nagarjuna. Both have inserting Indian philosophy.

[kavyapareek]

Good information bro 👍🏻
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[youtubeisevil]

I read all of these and I agree, great stuff

[Somereasonstolive]

The Bhagavad Gita is not a big epic, its actually a short fragment of the said big epic (the Mahabharata, which is the oldest and longest sacred text)

[gefitrop]

Imo, the easiest philosophy I ever read were Bentham's Panopticon Writings and his Ethics. It's not very 'useful' but definitely interesting and reads almost like a normal text.

[Josh-ykxk]

Just finished letters from a stoic - excellent book