Scriptures of the East

This anthology of scriptures in English translation from the world's living religions of the East is a companion pull-out volume of Fieser's SCRIPTURES OF THE WORLD'S RELIGIONS. Scriptures of The East contains sacred writings of Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shinto. Sections and subsections contain brief editor's introductions which discuss the nature and scope of scripture within each religion, and the history of the scripture presented. The book uses recent public-domain translations and is sensitive to competing translations.