Reading List

"No flower grows in five minutes"

Sri Paul

In my search for information, I have come across many different books that I found to be incredibly helpful or enjoyable to read. Of those, I list below the ones that I recommend.

Religious Instructional/Biography/Non-Fiction

(Indian/Hindu philosophy)

The Bhagavad Gita, Translated by Eknath Easwaran, ISBN 0 14 019008 2 (An Absolute Must Have for the Spiritual Seeker)

Ramana, Shankara and the Forty Verses, Watkins Publishing, ISBN 184293042 7 (Wisdom of Two Self Realised Sages!)

Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge, Arthur Osborne, ISBN 0 7126 1710 8 (A wonderful insight into the Master Sri Ramana)

The Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharshi, Shambhala Press, ISBN 087773 024 5 (Conversations of the Saint and Guru Sri Ramana Maharshi)

Be As You Are, The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi, edited by David Godman, ISBN 0 14 019062 7 (Wonderful teachings from a Master)

The Upanishads, Eknath Easwaran, ISBN 0 14 019180 1 (Hindu spiritual principles)

A Search in Secret India, Dr Paul Brunton, ISBN 0 87728 602 7 (A classic journey and meeting of Indian mystics)

Vedanta, Voice of Freedom, Swami Vivekananda, ISBN 81 85301 23 9 (A wonderful guidebook in Hindu Vedanta, classic spiritual principles)

Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramhansa Yogananda, ISBN 1 56589 108 2 (A definite Must Have for the spiritual seeker!)

Hidden Journey, Andrew Harvey ISBN 0 7126 5294 9 (A spiritual awakening with a personal teacher)

Living with the Himalayan Masters, Swami Rama ISBN 0 89389 070 7 (Spiritual travels and illumination)

In Tune With The Infinite, Ralph Waldo Trine, ISBN 1 85538 364 0 (Truths of the Divine)

The Voice of the Silence, H P Blavatsky, ISBN 0 8356 0680 5 (a classic for the Spiritual Aspirant)

Surprised By Grace, Amber Terrell, ISBN 0 9656670 0 6 (one woman's inspirational quest, a lovely read!)

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(Sufi philosophy)

Daughter Of Fire, Irina Tweedie, ISBN 0-9634574-5-4 (A diary of a spiritual training with a Sufi Master)

The Last Barrier, Reshad Feild, ISBN 1 85230 852 4 (Meetings with a Sufi Mystic)

The Essential Rumi, Translation by C Barks and J Moyne, ISBN 0 06 250959 4 (Poetry from the Sufi Master Rumi)

The Way of the Passion, Andrew Harvey, ISBN 0 285 63269 8 (Discovery of the famous poet mystic Rumi)

A Rose Garden, Rumi (translated by N O Ergin), ISBN 1 887991 04 2 (Great poetry from the master of spiritual prose)

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(Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy)

The Secret Path, Dr Paul Brunton, ISBN 0 09 041571 X (Understandings of the East)

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche, ISBN 0 7126 5752 5 (A spiritual classic of Tibetan Buddhism)

A Journey In Ladakh, Andrew Harvey, ISBN 0330 33184 1 (A Tibetan Buddhist community on the Indian Border with China and Tibet)

Reborn In The West, Vicki Mackenzie, ISBN 07225 3443 4 (An investigation into the mysteries of reincarnation)

Cave In The Snow, Vicki Mackenzie, ISBN 0 7475 4389 5 (A personal favourite, an English Buddhist nun's spiritual journey)

A Lion Handbook, The Worlds Religions, Assorted Editors, ISBN 07459 37209 (A fount of religious knowledge!

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Fiction

The Way Of Love, Nigel Watts, ISBN 0 7225 3773 5 (A wonderful tale of the poet Rumi, an absolute joy to read!)

Rumi's Daughter, Muriel Maufroy, ISBN 1-8441-3560-8 (An outstanding story - I read it twice within a matter of days! Beautiful!!)

The Holy Man, Susan Trott, ISBN 0 14 019565 3 (A beautiful story about a saint amongst the hills!)

The Holy Man's Journey, Susan Trott, ISBN 0 14 019567 X (Part 2 of the story but no less wonderful!)

Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Dan Millman, ISBN 0 915811 00 6 (A spiritual MUST HAVE, a classic!)

Sacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior, Dan Millman, ISBN 0 915811 33 2 (Second part of the journey)

The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho, ISBN 0 7225 3293 8 (Another absolute must have, a spiritual fable for our time)

Shaman Of Tibet, Winged Wolf Heather Hughes-Calero, ISBN 8120814142 (A wonderful fictionalised story of Milarepa, great!)

The Tao of Poo and the Te of Piglet, Benjamin Hoff, hardback version ISBN 0 413 69160 8 (a wonderful little tale!!)

The Stone Boy and Other Stories, Thich Nhat Hanh, ISBN 0 938077 86 4 (Some great short stories from a Vietnamese Buddhist Monk)

The Hill, K Venkataraman, ISBN 81 7276 171 6 (A wonderful account of one devotee's meeting with Sri Ramana)

First Thunder, MSI, ISBN 0 931783 07 0 (An Adventure of Discovery)

Second Thunder, MSI, ISBN 0 931783 08 9 (Part 2 of the series)

Third Thunder, MSI, ISBN 0 931783 09 7 (My personal favourite of the series)

The Celestine Prophecy, James Redfield, ISBN 0553 40902 6 (A Spiritual Adventure)

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