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Be As You Are
by Ramana Maharshi • 1985
Your sense of being a separate self is a projection. One question, asked inward, can dissolve it.
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Be As You Are Summary
Be As You Are 94%
Your sense of being a separate self is a projection. One question, asked inward, can dissolve it.
by Ramana Maharshi 1985
4.28
3k+ ratings
I Am That
by Nisargadatta Maharaj • 1973
Consciousness itself is a reflection. What casts it has no name, no form, and no opposite.
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7k+
I Am That Summary
I Am That 94%
Consciousness itself is a reflection. What casts it has no name, no form, and no opposite.
by Nisargadatta Maharaj 1973
4.43
7k+ ratings
Advaita Vedanta
by Eliot Deutsch • 1969
When reality means what cannot be contradicted, the self turns out to be an error.
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200
Advaita Vedanta Summary
Advaita Vedanta 94%
When reality means what cannot be contradicted, the self turns out to be an error.
by Eliot Deutsch 1969
4.11
200 ratings
The Holy Science
by Yukteswar Giri • 1894
A single sound birthed the cosmos. Five heart-states lead home, and Genesis reads like the Vedas.
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The Holy Science Summary
The Holy Science 93%
A single sound birthed the cosmos. Five heart-states lead home, and Genesis reads like the Vedas.
by Yukteswar Giri 1894
4.48
2k+ ratings
Presence, Volume I
by Rupert Spira • 2011
A single illusion hides lasting peace: the belief you are a separate self inside a body.
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395
Presence, Volume I Summary
Presence, Volume I 93%
A single illusion hides lasting peace: the belief you are a separate self inside a body.
by Rupert Spira 2011
4.60
395 ratings
'I' is a Door
by Philip Renard • 2017
The sense of 'I' is both trap and door. Three masters on looking at the looker.
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120
'I' is a Door Summary
'I' is a Door 93%
The sense of 'I' is both trap and door. Three masters on looking at the looker.
by Philip Renard 2017
4.39
120 ratings
True Happiness
by Arthur Osborne • 2015
Joy is never external. One inward question reveals it as your own unshakable ground.
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23
True Happiness Summary
True Happiness 93%
Joy is never external. One inward question reveals it as your own unshakable ground.
by Arthur Osborne 2015
4.74
23 ratings
The Life Divine
by Sri Aurobindo • 1942
The material world is not an error. It's divinity condensed, and evolution is its homecoming.
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428
The Life Divine Summary
The Life Divine 93%
The material world is not an error. It's divinity condensed, and evolution is its homecoming.
by Sri Aurobindo 1942
4.53
428 ratings
Being Aware of Being Aware
by Rupert Spira • 2013
You do not need to control your mind; peace is the awareness doing the seeking.
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3k+
Being Aware of Being Aware Summary
Being Aware of Being Aware 93%
You do not need to control your mind; peace is the awareness doing the seeking.
by Rupert Spira 2013
4.41
3k+ ratings
Celebrating Silence [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
by Ravi Shankar • 2001
Why celebration and silence are the same path: a modern master dissolves the oldest spiritual split.
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Celebrating Silence [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Summary
Celebrating Silence [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 93%
Why celebration and silence are the same path: a modern master dissolves the oldest spiritual split.
by Ravi Shankar 2001
4.61
2k+ ratings
Why I am a Hindu
by Shashi Tharoor • 2018
Hinduism demands no dogma and has no founder. Hindutva, its political impostor, insists on both.
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Why I am a Hindu Summary
Why I am a Hindu 93%
Hinduism demands no dogma and has no founder. Hindutva, its political impostor, insists on both.
by Shashi Tharoor 2018
3.72
4k+ ratings
Selections from The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
by Vivekananda • 2001
Four roads up the mountain: one each for the worker, lover, meditator, thinker.
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167
Selections from The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Summary
Selections from The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda 93%
Four roads up the mountain: one each for the worker, lover, meditator, thinker.
by Vivekananda 2001
4.44
167 ratings
The Perfume of Silence
by Francis Lucille • 2010
All suffering is the illusion of being a separate self. These dialogues directly undo that illusion.
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185
The Perfume of Silence Summary
The Perfume of Silence 93%
All suffering is the illusion of being a separate self. These dialogues directly undo that illusion.
by Francis Lucille 2010
4.77
185 ratings
An Extraordinary Absence
by Jeff Foster • 2009
Trying to wake up keeps you dreaming. The separate self you're trying to fix never existed.
4.26
161
An Extraordinary Absence Summary
An Extraordinary Absence 92%
Trying to wake up keeps you dreaming. The separate self you're trying to fix never existed.
by Jeff Foster 2009
4.26
161 ratings
The Transparency of Things
by Rupert Spira • 2008
Consciousness alone is real. The self is an appearance within it. A calm, unsentimental look.
4.50
480
The Transparency of Things Summary
The Transparency of Things 92%
Consciousness alone is real. The self is an appearance within it. A calm, unsentimental look.
by Rupert Spira 2008
4.50
480 ratings
7 Secrets Of Shiva
by Devdutt Pattanaik • 2011
Shiva's symbols are not myths but a map: seven doorways from animal fear to infinite consciousness.
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7 Secrets Of Shiva Summary
7 Secrets Of Shiva 92%
Shiva's symbols are not myths but a map: seven doorways from animal fear to infinite consciousness.
by Devdutt Pattanaik 2011
4.02
5k+ ratings
Pathways to Joy
by Vivekananda • 2006
Four yogas, four temperaments. The one that fits turns your strongest drive into spiritual practice.
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144
Pathways to Joy Summary
Pathways to Joy 92%
Four yogas, four temperaments. The one that fits turns your strongest drive into spiritual practice.
by Vivekananda 2006
4.19
144 ratings
Ananda
by Acharya Prashant • 2022
Chasing happiness guarantees you lose; real joy demands disillusionment and the courage to suffer.
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42
Ananda Summary
Ananda 92%
Chasing happiness guarantees you lose; real joy demands disillusionment and the courage to suffer.
by Acharya Prashant 2022
4.50
42 ratings
Beginners Guide to Quantum Psychology
by Stephen H. Wolinsky • 2000
Your entire psychology may rest on one false conclusion you reached before age one.
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39
Beginners Guide to Quantum Psychology Summary
Beginners Guide to Quantum Psychology 92%
Your entire psychology may rest on one false conclusion you reached before age one.
by Stephen H. Wolinsky 2000
3.95
39 ratings
Consciousness Speaks
by Ramesh S. Balsekar • 1992
No one thinks, no one acts, no one chooses. Seeing this clearly, not effort, brings peace.
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144
Consciousness Speaks Summary
Consciousness Speaks 92%
No one thinks, no one acts, no one chooses. Seeing this clearly, not effort, brings peace.
by Ramesh S. Balsekar 1992
4.51
144 ratings
Complete Collection of Swami Vivekananda - 9 Volumes
by Vivekananda • 1922
Your soul is already divine. Four distinct paths prove it inside your ordinary life.
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Complete Collection of Swami Vivekananda - 9 Volumes Summary
Complete Collection of Swami Vivekananda - 9 Volumes 92%
Your soul is already divine. Four distinct paths prove it inside your ordinary life.
by Vivekananda 1922
4.61
2k+ ratings
A Manual Of Self Unfoldment
by Chinmayananda • 1993
The mind's hidden tendencies dictate your life: a systematic method from Vedanta for uprooting them.
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184
A Manual Of Self Unfoldment Summary
A Manual Of Self Unfoldment 92%
The mind's hidden tendencies dictate your life: a systematic method from Vedanta for uprooting them.
by Chinmayananda 1993
4.54
184 ratings
The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening
by Abbot George Burke (Swami Nirmalananda Giri) • 2018
The Gita's path for householders: act fully, cling to nothing, and discover you were never born.
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19
The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening Summary
The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening 92%
The Gita's path for householders: act fully, cling to nothing, and discover you were never born.
by Abbot George Burke (Swami Nirmalananda Giri) 2018
4.26
19 ratings
Atmamun
by Kapil Gupta • 2016
Thought itself is the prison. Meditation and mindfulness are just painting the bars.
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1k+
Atmamun Summary
Atmamun 92%
Thought itself is the prison. Meditation and mindfulness are just painting the bars.
by Kapil Gupta 2016
4.44
1k+ ratings
The Teachings of Bhagavad Gita
by Richa Tilokani • 2021
Your therapist's questions, answered on a battlefield two millennia ago.
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4
The Teachings of Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Teachings of Bhagavad Gita 92%
Your therapist's questions, answered on a battlefield two millennia ago.
by Richa Tilokani 2021
4.75
4 ratings
I Hope You Die Soon
by Richard Sylvester • 2006
What if the self is a ghost, and your search for enlightenment is the only cage?
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208
I Hope You Die Soon Summary
I Hope You Die Soon 92%
What if the self is a ghost, and your search for enlightenment is the only cage?
by Richard Sylvester 2006
4.45
208 ratings
Out of Your Mind
by Alan W. Watts • 1998
Your ego is a necessary illusion; the entire cosmos is rigged for your eventual awakening.
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Out of Your Mind Summary
Out of Your Mind 92%
Your ego is a necessary illusion; the entire cosmos is rigged for your eventual awakening.
by Alan W. Watts 1998
4.42
5k+ ratings
The Book of Secrets
by Deepak Chopra • 2004
The world is inside you. Twelve shifts in awareness that end suffering and reveal who you are.
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The Book of Secrets Summary
The Book of Secrets 92%
The world is inside you. Twelve shifts in awareness that end suffering and reveal who you are.
by Deepak Chopra 2004
4.00
9k+ ratings
Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekanand
by Vivekananda • 1976
The meditation method that starts with a restless mind and ends with the meditator's disappearance.
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Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekanand Summary
Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekanand 92%
The meditation method that starts with a restless mind and ends with the meditator's disappearance.
by Vivekananda 1976
4.33
3k+ ratings
You Are the Happiness You Seek
by Rupert Spira • 2011
The happiness you seek is already here, hidden only by the belief in a separate self.
4.62
728
You Are the Happiness You Seek Summary
You Are the Happiness You Seek 92%
The happiness you seek is already here, hidden only by the belief in a separate self.
by Rupert Spira 2011
4.62
728 ratings
Shiva Sutras
by Sukhabodhananda • 2008
Shiva is a state of consciousness, not a deity. The ancient sutras for inhabiting it yourself.
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125
Shiva Sutras Summary
Shiva Sutras 91%
Shiva is a state of consciousness, not a deity. The ancient sutras for inhabiting it yourself.
by Sukhabodhananda 2008
4.38
125 ratings
On Quality
by Robert M. Pirsig • 2021
Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.
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387
On Quality Summary
On Quality 91%
Value isn't a judgment we add to reality. It is reality, and everything else follows.
by Robert M. Pirsig 2021
3.64
387 ratings
What is Hinduism?
by David Frawley • 1995
Rejects no deity, requires no creed: a 3,000-year-old toolkit for direct self-knowledge.
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What is Hinduism? Summary
What is Hinduism? 91%
Rejects no deity, requires no creed: a 3,000-year-old toolkit for direct self-knowledge.
by David Frawley 1995
4.15
108 ratings
Secret of the Veda
by Sri Aurobindo • 1971
The Rig Veda's nature hymns conceal a complete psychology of self-overcoming, decoded here.
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Secret of the Veda Summary
Secret of the Veda 91%
The Rig Veda's nature hymns conceal a complete psychology of self-overcoming, decoded here.
by Sri Aurobindo 1971
4.45
173 ratings
The Bhagavad Gita
by Jack Hawley
A warrior's battlefield crisis becomes a teaching on the deathless self and acting without grasping.
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1k+
The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita 91%
A warrior's battlefield crisis becomes a teaching on the deathless self and acting without grasping.
by Jack Hawley
4.35
1k+ ratings
Nature in Indian Philosophy and Cultural Traditions
by Meera Baindur • 2015
Nature as trust, not property. Non-violence to all life: the framework the West never tried.
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1
Nature in Indian Philosophy and Cultural Traditions Summary
Nature in Indian Philosophy and Cultural Traditions 91%
Nature as trust, not property. Non-violence to all life: the framework the West never tried.
by Meera Baindur 2015
3.00
1 ratings
The Gita Way- Secret Recipe to achieve the purpose of life
by Shweta Chandra • 2016
The Gita's recipe for purpose: act without clinging to results, sustain commitment through devotion.
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The Gita Way- Secret Recipe to achieve the purpose of life Summary
The Gita Way- Secret Recipe to achieve the purpose of life 91%
The Gita's recipe for purpose: act without clinging to results, sustain commitment through devotion.
by Shweta Chandra 2016
3.82
1k+ ratings
The Art of Joyful Living
by Rama • 1989
The self isn't a mask; it's a light you uncover through meditation and inner work.
4.31
272
The Art of Joyful Living Summary
The Art of Joyful Living 91%
The self isn't a mask; it's a light you uncover through meditation and inner work.
by Rama 1989
4.31
272 ratings
The Bhagavad Gita
by Paramahansa Yogananda • 2005
Your mind is the battlefield. Master the three inner forces and the two paths to liberation.
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1k+
The Bhagavad Gita Summary
The Bhagavad Gita 91%
Your mind is the battlefield. Master the three inner forces and the two paths to liberation.
by Paramahansa Yogananda 2005
4.6
1k+ ratings
The End of Your World
by Adyashanti • 2004
Awakening is only the start. The real work, and the sneakier delusions, arrive right after.
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3k+
The End of Your World Summary
The End of Your World 91%
Awakening is only the start. The real work, and the sneakier delusions, arrive right after.
by Adyashanti 2004
4.29
3k+ ratings
Metahuman
by Deepak Chopra • 2019
Your consciousness built your cage. The direct way out is an effortless shift of attention.
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3k+
Metahuman Summary
Metahuman 91%
Your consciousness built your cage. The direct way out is an effortless shift of attention.
by Deepak Chopra 2019
3.76
3k+ ratings
The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda as Remembered by His Disciple
by Paramahansa Yogananda • 1955
Your spine is the battlefield. Yogananda's science of the Gita as an inner war.
4.35
449
The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda as Remembered by His Disciple Summary
The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda as Remembered by His Disciple 91%
Your spine is the battlefield. Yogananda's science of the Gita as an inner war.
by Paramahansa Yogananda 1955
4.35
449 ratings
The Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive
by Jeffrey Armstrong • 2020
Removing the Western soul from the Gita to reveal a self that never began and never ends.
4.45
62
The Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive Summary
The Bhagavad Gita Comes Alive 91%
Removing the Western soul from the Gita to reveal a self that never began and never ends.
by Jeffrey Armstrong 2020
4.45
62 ratings
The Tao of Physics
by Fritjof Capra • 1975
When physics reached the subatomic level, it found a universe that Eastern mystics knew long ago.
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20k+
The Tao of Physics Summary
The Tao of Physics 91%
When physics reached the subatomic level, it found a universe that Eastern mystics knew long ago.
by Fritjof Capra 1975
3.97
20k+ ratings
Soul Mantra
by Sadguru Rameshji • 2023
Happiness isn't absent: eighty percent of life already works. Learn to see what you overlook.
5
1
Soul Mantra Summary
Soul Mantra 91%
Happiness isn't absent: eighty percent of life already works. Learn to see what you overlook.
by Sadguru Rameshji 2023
5
1 ratings
Total Meditation
by Deepak Chopra • 2020
Meditation does not end when the timer chimes. A method for the other 23 hours.
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2k+
Total Meditation Summary
Total Meditation 91%
Meditation does not end when the timer chimes. A method for the other 23 hours.
by Deepak Chopra 2020
3.93
2k+ ratings
Seven Habits of Highly Fulfilled People
by Satinder Dhiman • 2012
Seven Vedantic habits for finding the fulfillment that achievement never delivered.
3.56
9
Seven Habits of Highly Fulfilled People Summary
Seven Habits of Highly Fulfilled People 91%
Seven Vedantic habits for finding the fulfillment that achievement never delivered.
by Satinder Dhiman 2012
3.56
9 ratings
The Vedas and Upanishads for Children
by Roopa Pai • 2019
Ancient sages said you are the universe wearing a body. Their proof, made for kids.
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400
The Vedas and Upanishads for Children Summary
The Vedas and Upanishads for Children 91%
Ancient sages said you are the universe wearing a body. Their proof, made for kids.
by Roopa Pai 2019
4.42
400 ratings
The Law of Attention
by Edward Salim Michael • 2010
Your attention is the gateway out of inner slavery; the inner sound becomes your guide.
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42
The Law of Attention Summary
The Law of Attention 91%
Your attention is the gateway out of inner slavery; the inner sound becomes your guide.
by Edward Salim Michael 2010
4.57
42 ratings
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
by De La Plata • 2013
You are not the voice in your head. Observing it opens a stillness suffering cannot touch.
4.33
241
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Summary
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle 91%
You are not the voice in your head. Observing it opens a stillness suffering cannot touch.
by De La Plata 2013
4.33
241 ratings
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