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Book Recommendations

Below is a list of recommended on topics in personal development, spirituality, meditation and Eastern philosophy.  In the spirit of Ram Dass, I have divided the list into two tiers.

TIER 1​: TOP RECOMMENDATIONS

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  • Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic, by Osho

  • Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahansa Yogananda

  • Awareness: The Key to Living Life in Balance, by Osho

  • Be Here Now, by Ram Dass

  • Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas, by Elaine Pagels

  • The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Eknath Easwaran

  • The Book of Secrets: The Science of Meditation, by Osho

  • Ecclesiastes, of the Tanakh

  • The Fourth Way by P.D. Ouspensky

  • From Medication to Meditation, by Osho

  • Healing and the Mind, edited by Bill Moyers

  • How to Know God: The Soul’s Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries, by Deepak Chopra

  • I and Thou, by Martin Buber

  • Illusions, by Richard Bach

  • Inner War and Peace: Timeless Solutions to Conflict from Bhagavad Gita, by Osho

  • In Search of the Miraculous by P.D. Ouspensky

  • Jonathan Livingston Seagull, by Richard Bach

  • Jivamukti Yoga, by Sharon Gannon and David Life

  • Meditation: The First and Last Freedom, by Osho

  • The Proverbs of Solomon, of the Tanakh

  • Tao: It’s History and Teachings, by Osho

  • Tao: The Pathless Path, by Osho

  • The Tao te Ching, by Lao Tzu, translated by D.C. Lau

  • The Teachings of Buddha, by Society for the Promotion of Buddhism

  • Tertium Organum, by P.D. Ouspensky

  • Upanisads: Oxford World Classics, Edited by Patrick Olivelle

  • The Way to Life: At the Heart of the Tao Te Ching, by Benjamin Hoff

  • When the Shoe Fits: Commentaries on the Taoist Mystic Chuang Tzu, by Osho

  • Yoga: The Science of the Soul, by Osho

  • The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, by Sri Swami Satchidananda

  • Zen and the Brain, by James H. Austin, MD

  • Zen: The Path of Paradox, by Osho

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TIER 2​: GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS

 

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  • A Brief History of Everything, by Ken Wilber

  • A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, by Eckhart Tolle

  • An Introduction to Zen Buddhism, by D.T. Suzuki

  • The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, translated by Thomas Cleary

  • Ayurveda: A Life in Balance, by Maya Tiwari

  • Basic Buddhism Course, by Phra Sunthron Plamintr

  • Body Mind Balancing: Using Your Mind to Heal Your Body, by Osho

  • Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha’s Path, by Bhante H. Gunaratana

  • Essentials of Buddhism, by Gnanarama

  • The Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene

  • The Four Noble Truths, by Venerable Dhammika

  • The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins

  • Good Question/Good Answer, by Venerable Dhammika

  • Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, and the Truth About Reality, by Brad Warner

  • Hua Hu Ching: The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu, by Brian Walker

  • Initiation, by Elisabeth Haich

  • The Life of Saint Issa: Best of the Sons of Men, by Nicolas Notovitch

  • Living Buddha, Living Christ, by Thich Nhat Hanh

  • Many Lives, Many Masters, by Brian L. Weiss, MD Mindfulness: The Path to the Deathless, by Venerable Ajahn Sumedho

  • The Positive Psychology of Buddhism and Yoga: Paths to a Mature Happiness, by Marvin Levine

  • Putting Difference to Work, by Steve de Shazer

  • The Tao of Leadership, by John Heider

  • The Tao of Physics, by Fritjof Capra

  • There’s A Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, by Wayne Dyer

  • The Way of Zen, by Alan Watts

  • Yoga and Meditation for Self-Healing, by Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati

  • Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert Pirsig

  • Zen in the Martial Arts, by Joe Hyams

  • Zorba the Greek, by Nikos Kazantzakis

Quixotic Publishing - John G. Cottone, PhD

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