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Recommended Books

Books from the Advaita Tradition

• I AM THAT by Nisargadattaji Maharaj
• Pointers from Nisargadattaji Maharaj - This book was translated by Ramesh Balsekar while he was sitting at the lotus feet of Nisargadattaji Maharaj
• Who am I by Ramana Maharishi
• The spiritual teaching of Ramana Maharishi by Ramana Maharishi
• "be as You are" by David Godman (explains  Ramana Maharshi teachings)
• “The Wisdom of Balsekar” is a compilation from Ramesh Balsekar's different books on various issues like ego, desire, bondage, death etc.
• “Silence of the Heart: Dialogues with Robert Adams”. Collection of some talks of Robert Adams by his Disciples. Robert Adam advocated self inquiry like Ramana Maharishi.
• Acceptance of What Is - A Book About Nothing by Wayne Liquorman


Books of Ramakrishna

• Gospels of Ramakrishna By Mahendra Nath
• Sayings of Ramakrishna
• Parables of Ramakrishna
• Ramakrishna The Great Master Volume 1 and Volume 2.
• Biography of Gauri Ma - these 2 books and other books of Vivekananda are available at this link  http://www.ramakrishnavivekananda.info

Books by Eastern Mystics

• Upadesa Sahasra by Adi Shankacharya
• Viveka Cudamani by Adi Shankacharya
• Bhaj Govindam by Adi Shankracharya
• Yoga Vasishta (teachings given by Vasishta Rishi to his disciple Lord Rama in form of stories)
• Shiva Sutra
• Isa Upanishad
• BhagavadGita – the divine song of Krishna
• Astavakra Gita
• Tripura Rahasya
• Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
• The Songs of Meera
• Songs of Milarepa – The One Thousand Songs of Milarepa
• Songs of Sahajo
• Songs of Daya
• Songs of Chandidas (Bengali baul)
• The Granta, songs of Kabir
• “Bijak” Kabir selection of songs
• Japaji Sahib by Guru Nanak Dev
• God speaks by Meher Baba
• Chaitanya Charitravali (biography of Chaitanya Mahabraphu) by Gorakhpur press.

Books from the Sufi Tradition

• Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyam
• Farid songs
• Masnavi of Jalaluddin Rumi
• The Book of the Sufis
• Mystical Dimensions of Islam by Schimmel, Anne-Marie
• All Books of Idries Shah
• Conference of the Birds by Farid-Ud-Din Atta

Osho
There are many Osho books. Listed here are some of the books. Specially go for books which Osho has spoken before 1974 because after that Osho started speaking on common problems like relationship, Sex, hate etc for westerners. Meditation related information is in his earliest books.

Books in English

• I am the Gate
• Krishna the man and his philosophy
• Glimpses of golden childhood
• Hidden Mysteries
• In Search Of Miraculous Part 1 and 2
• All Darshan Diaries
• Just Like That
• "My way - The Way of White Clouds"
• Meditation - The First and Last freedom
• Book of Secrets or Vigyan Bhairav Tantra
• All Upanishads Discourses
• A Cup of Tea

Books in Hindi

• Sadhna Path
• Diya Tale Andhera
• Narad Bhakti Sutra
• Dhyan Sutra
• Jin Khoja Tin Payya

Some of Osho’s disciples have also written books. Here are a few gems:

• 100 tales for 10,000 Buddhas by Ma Dharam Jyoti - a disciple of Osho
• "Tears of Mystic Rose" by Osho Rajneesh

Books on Tao

• Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu
• THE PARABLES OF CHUANG TZU
• The Book of Lieh Tzu

Books on Zen

• Teachings of Hui Neneg (disciple of Boddhidharma)
• “The Sayings” by Rinzai
• ZEN AND JAPANESE CULTURE DT Suzuki
• Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind by Suzuki, Shunryu
• This is it by Alan watts
• The way of Zen by Alan watts
• Zen Buddhism by Humphries - Disciple of Suzuki)
• Zen Flesh, Zen Bones by Paul Reps and Byogen Senzaki

Books on Buddhism

• Dhammapada
• Old Paths White Clouds by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Peace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
• Essays in Zen Buddhism, DT Suzuki
• Cutting Through Spiritual materialism by Trungpa, Chogyam
• Life of Milarepa

Books by J Krishnamurthy and the Theosophic Movement

• The first and last Freedom by Jiddu Krishnamurthy
• Commentaries on Living by Jiddu Krishnamurthy
• At the feet of Master, by Krishnamurthy and Annie Besant
• The Secret Doctrine by Madam Blavatsky

Books by Gurdjieff and His Disciples

• Meetings with Remarkable Men, G.I. Gurdjieff
• Commentaries by Nicoll disciple of G.I. Gurdjieff
• Our Life with Gurdjieff by Thomas de Hartmann
• A New Model of the Universe by Peter D. Ouspensky
• In Search of the Miraculous by Peter D. Ouspensky
• The Future Psychology of man by Peter D. Ouspensky

Books on Tantra

• Garland of Flowers by Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woddroffe)
• Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine: The Ten Mahavidyas by David Kinsley.
• The Song of Saraha
• Tantric Yoga and the Wisdom Goddesses by David Frawley

Books on Hassidism

• Books by Baal Shem Tov
• I and Thou by Martin Buber
• Tales of Hassidism by Martin Buber

Books from the Kriya Yoga Tradition

• Autobiography of a Yogi” by Paramahansa Yogananda

Himalayan Institute

• “Living with Himalayan Masters” by Swami Rama

Books by Disciple of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi

• On the road to freedom Part 1 by Swami Paramatmaanada

Books by Western Mystics

• “I AM “ by Jean Klein
• "Human Buddha" by Aziz kristof (Anadi)
• The Diamond in Your Pocket: Discourse by GangaJi
• The Talmud
• Confessions by Saint Augustine
• "Power of Now" by Ekhart Tolle

Books by Eastern Poets and Philosophers

• Gitanjali by Rabindranath Tagore
• Geet Govind – Jaydev
• Nadi ke deep by Satchidanada Vatsayana
• An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Mohandas Gandhi
• The Hidden Mysteries of Kundalini by R. Venu Gopalan
• Life Story of Sri Subbaraya Sastry
• the Art of Living by Lin Yutang

Books by Western Poets and Philosophers

• Light of Asia by Arnold
• Book of Mirdad by Mikhail Naimy
• Prose poems by Kahlil Gibran
• The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
• The Garden of Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
• The Voice of Master by Kahlil Gibran
• The wanderer by Kahlil Gibran
• The spiritual sayings by Kahlil Gibran - Mikhail Naimy and Kahlil Gibran worked very closely and were intimate friends.
• Siddhartha by Herman Hesse
• The Tibetan Book of the Dead by W.Y. Evans-Wentz (translator)
• Dialogues of Socrates and his Death
• Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda
• LIGHT ON THE PATH by Mabel Collins,
• Notes on Jesus by Thomas - Found in Egypt, 5th Gospel
• Lust for life by Irving stone
• Notes from the underground by Dostoevsky
• Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
• Will to Power by Friedrich Nietzsche
• Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
• Father and Sons by Turgenev
• Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
• The Fables of Aesop
• The Mother by Maxim Gorky
• History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
• Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
• God in Search of Man by Heschel, Abraham Joshua
• The Perennial Philosophy by Aldous Huxley.
• The Razor Edge by Somerset Maugham'

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