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What books should I read if I want to read books that reconciles/combines and charts out the differences between western and eastern philosophy?

I have read eastern philosophy and to some extent it has always made me feel that the major difference between EP and WP is about the goal of life and the ideal life. EP is not bothered with material developments at all. It just wants people to live simple lives with very less needs. Whereas WP tries to advance mankind. This difference might also have to do with the the role of religions in respective regions. Eastern religions like Hinduism, Buddhism were/are extremely liberal and did not have insitutional control at all. Ideas freely flourished. But in West people had to break themselves from the shackles of Christian institutions and the religion itself. This is my current idea of it I might be wrong, but I would love to explore this thought more deeply.

The books should not be about history of western or eastern thought. Rather it should work a bit on conclusions and universals. 

I would also love if you guys provide books by both Western and Eastern philosophers. As it would help me see the point from many angles and perspectives.

Thanks in advance.
gpt
I think it would be interesting to study Greco-Buddhism, for example the T.W. Rhys-Davis translation of the Questions of King Milinda.  There is a false mental model that West and East developed separately, which overlooks the stark historical fact of Alexander crossing Persia, Afghanistan, and eventually the Indus river; and the political interaction and cultural exchange that continued in the wake of the campaigns of Alexander.  In addition, although it does not discuss the Alexandrian exchange, Seth Segall's book Buddhism and Human Flourishing: A Modern Western Perspective (2020), which explicitly attempts to compare and to some extent accommodate Buddhist and Aristotelian cosmology and ideals of the good life, is a useful resource.