The Best Guide to Eastern Philosophy and Religion: Easily Accessible Information for a Richer, Fuller Life - Softcover

"This book aims to explain simply the origins, practices and philosophy of Eastern religions. The author teaches religion and philosophy at a community college, and she has a good sense of the text mechanisms that less sophisticated readers might need to help them read such a book. The wide margins of the text add chapter guides, highlights and reviews . . . Morgan writes in a breezy, casual style that is quite accessible . . . Major topics include Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, with each major focus broken up into five or six chapters. A last part more quickly explores 'roads less traveled, ' such as Jainism, Shinto and Tantra (the author handles sex here with a beguiling modesty and forthrightness). An index and glossary are useful." --Kliatt

An informative overview of Eastern religious beliefs and rituals discusses the tenets of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Jainism, Shintoism, and Zorastrianism, and examines the meaning and influence of Eastern thought and practices in Western culture. Original. 12,500 first printing.