Sacred Books of the East
The most ambitious religious translation project in history. Between 1879 and 1910, Oxford University Press published fifty volumes of sacred texts from Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam, edited by the brilliant scholar Max Müller. This is your direct pipeline to the spiritual wisdom that has shaped civilizations for millennia. Here are the Upanishads probing the nature of ultimate reality, the Dhammapada's sharp Buddhist maxims, the Zend-Avesta's Persian fire hymns, the Analects of Confucius, the Tao Te Ching, and selections from the Quran. Müller opened a window for the English-speaking world onto traditions that had remained largely inaccessible. These are the texts that billions have turned to for meaning, guidance, and transcendence across thousands of years. Whether you seek philosophical depth or practical ethics, these translations remain the foundation upon which Western understanding of Eastern spirituality was built.
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“A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.””
— Unknown
“Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.[]””
— Unknown
“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.””
— Unknown
“Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.””
— Unknown
“If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.””
— Unknown
“The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.””
— Unknown
“You are what you think. All that you are arises from your thoughts. With your thoughts you make your world.””
— Unknown
“A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him.Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted! ””
— Unknown
“Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.””
— Unknown
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