Respectable references in the study of Asian philosophies*
1. Brannigan, Michael C. 1995. The Pulse of Wisdom, the Philosophy of India, China and Japan. California: Wadsworth Publishing Co.
2. Carrithers, Michael. 1983. The Buddha. New York: Oxford University Press.
3. Chan, W.T.1967. A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
4. Chen, Ellen M. 1989. Translation and Commentary, The Tao Te Ching. New York: Paragon House.
5. Ch'u Chai with Winberg Chai. 1975. The Story of Chinese Philosophy. West Port, Connecticut: Greenwood Press Publishers.
6. Cleary, Thomas. 1995. Dharmapada: The Sayings of Buddha. New York: Bantam Books.
7. Confucius. 1979. The Analects. Translated by D.C. Lau. New York: Penguin Books.
8. Conze, Edward. 1962. Buddhist Thought in India. London: George Allen and Unwin Limited.
9. Creel, Herrlee G. 1953. Chinese Thought: From Confucius to Mao Tse-Tung. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
10. De Bary, Theodore and Hay, Stephen.1988. Sources of Indian Tradition, Second Edition. 2 vol.s. New York: Columbia University Press.
11. Falk, Nancy Auer and Rita M. Gross. 2001. Unspoken Worlds: Women's Religious Lives. Toronto: Wadsworth Thomson Learning.
12. Fung Yu-Lan. 1966. A Short History of Chinese Philosophy. Edited by Derk Bodde. New York: The Free Press.
13. Gethin, Rupert. 1998. The Foundations of Buddhism. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
14. Gopalan, S. 1973. Outlines of Jainism. New York: Halsted Press.
15. Gross, Rita M. 1993. Buddhism after Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism. Albany: State University of New York Press.
16. Herman, A.L. 1991. Brief Introduction to Hinduism. Boudler, CO: Westview Press.
17. Hiryana, The Essentials of Indian Philosophy, Allen and Unwin, 1985
18. Jaini, Padmanabh S.1979. The Jaina Path of Purification. Berkley: University of Berkley.
19. Jaini, Padmanabh S. 2000. Collected Papers on Jaina Studies. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass.
20. Kapleau, Roshi Philip. 1980. The Three Pillars of Zen. New York: Anchor Books, Doubleday Dell Publishing.
21. King, Richard. 1999. Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Hindu and Buddhist Thought. Washington: Georgetown University Press.
22. Klostermaier, Klaus. 1994. A Survey of Hinduism. Second Edition. Albany: State University of New York Press.
23. Koller, John M. 1998. Asian Philosophies. 3rd Edition. Upper Saddle River (New Jersey): Prentice Hall.
24. Koller, John M., and Koller, Patricia. 1991. A Source Book in Asian Philosophy. Upper Saddle (New Jersey): Prentice Hall.
25. Mitchell, Donald W. 2002. Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience. New York: Oxford University Press.
26. Parulski, George. 1976. A Path to Oriental Wisdom. Burbank, Ca.: O'hara Publications.
27. Picken, Stuart D.B. 1980. Shinto, Japan’s Spiritual Roots. Kosansha International Ltd..
28. Radhakrishnan, S. and C. A. Moore. 1967. A Source Book in Indian Philosophy. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
29. Radhakrishnan, S. 1958. Indian Philosophy. 2 vol.s. New York: The Macmillan Co.
30. Shah, Natubhai. 1998. Jainism: The World of Conquerors. 2 vol.s. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press.
31. Sharma, Arvind. 2000. Classical Hindu Thought : An Introduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press.
32. Sharma, Arvind. 1994. Religion and Women. Albany : State University of New York Press.
33. Sharma, Arvind. 1987. Women in World Religions. Albany: State University of New York Press.
34. Sharma, Arvind and Katherine Young, eds. 1999. Feminism and World Religions. Albany: State University of New York Press.
35. Smart, Ninian. 1992. Doctrine and argument in Indian philosophy. 2nd Edition. New York : E.J. Brill.
36. Smith, D.H. 1973. Confucius. New York: Scribner’s.
37. Snelling, John. 1987. The Buddhist Handbook. London: Century Huchinson Ltd.
38. Suzuki, D.T. 1971. What is Zen? New York: Perennial Library, Harper and Row.
39. Suzuki, D.T. 1973. The Essentials of Zen Buddhism. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.
40. Thich, Nhat Hanh. 1995. Zen Keys. New York: Doubleday Publishing.
41. Walpola, Rahula.1978. What the Buddha Taught. Second Edition. New York: Grove Press.
42. Watts, Alan W. 1957. The Way of Zen. New York: Vintage Books.
43. Wilhelm, R. 1970. Confucius and Confucianism. Port Washington: Kennikat Press.
44. Yong Choon Kim. 1973. Oriental Thought. Totawa, New Jersey: Rowman and Littlefield.
* The bulk of these references are taken from a syllabus prepared by Dr. Aruna Mathur for Philosophy 154E.650 (Asian Philosophies), Distance Studies, The University of Western Ontario.
I also recommend looking at the lists of recommended texts provided by John Koller at the end of each chapter in his text Asian Philosophies.