This book compiles the essential Sacred Writings of India and Asia. These English translations of religious texts include texts, aphorisms, sayings, proverbs, etc., from the Vedic Hymns (Hinduism), Zend-Avesta (Zoroastrian religion), Dhammapada (Buddhism), Upanishads (Hindu philosophy), the Koran (Islam), and the Life of Buddha (Buddhism). An introductory note prefaces each part.

To summarize, it is something no serious student or lover of Eastern religions should be without.

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