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IMPORTANT BOOKS IN SPIRITUAL LIFE

Session 1:
1.Thus Spake Zarathustraby Friedrich Nietzsche

2.Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.The Book of Mirdadby Mikhail Naimy

4.Jonathan Livingston Seagullby Richard Bach

5.Tao Te Chingby Lao Tzu

6.The Parables of Chuang Tzuby Chuang Tzu

7.The Sermon on the Mounttalk by Jesus Christ

8.Bhagavad Gita”Divine Song” of Krishna

9.Gitanjaliby Rabindranath Tagore

10.The One Thousand Songs of Milarepasung by Milarepa

Session 2:
1.The Bookof the Sufis.

2.The Prophetby Kahlil Gibran3

.The Book of Lieh Tzuby Lieh Tzu

4.Dialogues of Socratesby Plato

5.The Notes of the Disciples of Bodhidharma by Bodhidharma

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6.Rubaiyatby Omar Khayyam.

7.Masnaviby Jalaluddin Rumi

8.Isa Upanishadby unknown writers

9.All and Everythingby George Gurdjieff

10.In Search of the Miraculousby P.D. Ouspensky

11.Leaves of Grassby Walt Whitman

Session 3:
1. Hsin Hsin Mingby Sosan

2. Tertium Organumby P.D. Ouspensky

3. Geet Govindby Jaya dev

4. Samyasarby Kundkund

5.The First and Last Freedomby J. Krishnamurti

6. The Book of Huang Poby Huang Po

7. The Book of Hui Haiby Hui Hai

8. The Song of SolomonThe Bible (Old Testament)

Session 4:
1.Fragments of Heraclitusby Heraclitus

2. The Golden Versesby Pythagoras

3.The Song of Sarahaby Saraha

4.The Song of Tilopaby Tilopa

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5.Zen and Japanese Cultureby D.T. Suzuki

6. Let Goby Hubert Benoit

7. Parables of Ramakrishnaby Ramakrishna

8.The Fables of Aesopby Aesop

9. Mool Madyamika Karikaby Nagarjuna

10. The Book of Marpaby Marpa

Session 6:

1. Dhammapadaof Gautam Buddha2. Jin Sutrasof Mahavira3. Zorba

the Greekby Nikos Kazantzakis4. Al-Hillaj Mansoor declarationsby Al-
Hillaj Mansoor5. The Book of Mahakashapaby disciples of
Mahakashap6. Siddharthaby Hermann Hesse7. Stories of Baal Shem
Tovby Baal Shem Tov8. Songs of Faridby Farid9. Vigyan Bhairav
Tantraby Shiva10. Tattva Sutraby Uma Swati11. Songs of Naropaby
Naropa

Session 7

1. Maluka’s Poemsby “Malukdas” 2. Guru Granth Sahibholy book of

the Sikhs3. Light on the Pathby Mabel Collins4. Lalla’s Songscollected
by followers of Lalla5. Gorakh Nath’s writingsby Gorakh6. The
Supreme Doctrineby Hubert Benoit7. Shiva Sutraby Shiva8. Songs of
Gaurangby Gaurang9. Thousand Songs of Daduby Dadu10. Sarmad’s
Versesby Sarmad

Session 8:
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1.Will to Powerby Friedrich Nietzsche2. A New Model of the

Universeby P.D. Ouspensky3. Sanai’s statementsby Sanai4.
Dionysiusfragments by disciples5. At the Feet of the Masterby J.
Krishnamurti6. Junnaid’s Fragmentsby Junaid7. God Speaksby Meher
Baba8. Maxims for a Revolutionaryby George Bernard Shaw9. The
Teachings of Hui Nengby Hui Neng10. Mulla Nasruddinstories by
Mulla Nasruddin

Session 9:

1. The Destiny of the Mindby William Haas2. Eckhart’s writingsby

Meister Eckhart3. Bohme’s writingsby Jacob Bohme4. The Sufisby
Idries Shah5. The Way of Zen by Alan Watts5b. This is Itby Alan
Watts6. Sayings of Rinzaiby Rinzai7. Hazrat Inayat Khan(12 volumes of
lectures)8. Hazrat Vilayat Ali Khan (all his books)9. Jesus, the Son of
Manby Kahlil Gibran10.The Madmanby Kahlil Gibran

Session 10:

1. Being and Nothingnessby Jean-Paul Sartre2. Time and Beingby

Martin Heidegger3. Tractatus Logico Philosophicusby Ludwig
Wittgenstein

4. Vimalkirti Nirdesh Sutraby Vimalkirti5. Commentaries on Livingby J.

Krishnamurti6. Commentariesby Maurice Nicoll7. Our Life With
Gurdjieff by de Hartmann8. Shree Pashaby Ramanuja (commentary on
Brahman Sutras)9.The Future Psychology of Manby P.D.
Ouspensky10.The Book of Bahauddinby Bahauddi

Session 11:
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1. The Outsiderby Colin Wilson2. The Analectsof Confucius3. The

Garden of the Prophetby Kahlil Gibran4. The Voice of the Masterby
Kahlil Gibran5. Who Am I?by Maharshi Ramana6.The Mind of Indiaby
Moorehead and Radhakrishnan7. Alice in Wonderlandby Lewis
Carroll8. Alice Through the Looking Glassby Lewis Carroll9. The
Wandererby Kahlil Gibran10.The Spiritual Sayingsby Kahlil Gibran11.
Waiting for Godotby Samuel Beckett

Session 12:

1. Tales of Hassidismby Martin Buber2. I and Thouby Martin Buber3.

Das Kapitalby Karl Marx4. Lectures on Psychoanalysisby Sigmund
Freud5. Meetings with Remarkable Menby George Gurdjieff 6.The
Granth(Indian, anonymous and only handwritten)7. The Communist
Manifestoby Marx and Engels8. The Myth of Sissyphusby Marcel9.The
History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell10. The Songs of
Dayabai(Hindi)

Session 13:

1. Lust for Lifeby Irving Stone2.The Agony and the Ecstasyby Irving
Stone3. Resurrectionby Leo Tolstoy4. Notes on Jesus by Thomas5.
War and Peaceby Leo Tolstoy6.The Motherby Maxim Gorky7. Fathers
and Sonsby Ivan Turgenev

8. The Phoenixby D.H. Lawrence9. Psychoanalysis and the

Unconsciousby D.H. Lawrence10. Light of Asiaby Edwin Arnold11.
Bijak of Kabirby Kabir12. One Dimensional Manby Herbert
Marcuse13. I Chinganonymous14. Nadi Ke Dweepby Satchidanand
Vatsyayana
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Session 14:

1. The Art of Livingby Lin Yutang2. The Wisdom of Chinaby Lin

Yutang3. The Talmudby Jewish authors4. Shunya Svabhavaby Taran
Taran5. Siddhi Svabhavaby Taran Taran6. Notes from the
Undergroundby Fyodor Dostoevsky7. Philosophical Investigationsby
Ludwig Wittgenstein8. Psychosynthesisby Roberto Assagioli9. Prose
Poemsby Kahlil Gibran10. Thoughts and Meditationsby Kahlil Gibran

Session 15:
1. My Experiments with Truthby Mahatma Gandhi2. Confessionsby
Saint Augustine3. Anna Kareninaby Leo Tolstoy4. The Art of Tantra by
Ajit Mukherjee5. The Tantra Paintingsby Ajit Mukherjee6. Bhaj
Govindam Moodh Mateby Adi Shankaracharya7. Philosophical
Papersby Ludwig Wittgenstein8. Zen Flesh, Zen Bonesby Paul
Reps9.Zen Buddhismby Christmas Humphries10. The Songs of
Chandidasby Chandid

Session 16:
1. My Experiments with Truthby Mahatma Gandh

2. Confessionsby Saint Augustine

3. Anna Kareninaby Leo Tolstoy

4. The Art of Tantra by Ajit Mukherjee

5.The Tantra Paintingsby Ajit Mukherjee

6. Bhaj Govindam Moodh Mateby Adi Shankaracharya

7. Philosophical Papersby Ludwig Wittgenstein

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8. Zen Flesh, Zen Bonesby Paul Reps

9.Zen Buddhismby Christmas Humphries

10. The Songs of Chandidasby Chandidas