Spiritual Books

Surfing the Himalayas

Rama, Frederick Lenz

Buddhists believe that you are who you are today because of who you have been in all of your past lives.

Snowboarding to Nirvana

Rama, Frederick Lenz

True suffering is caused by losing touch with your inner light.

The Last Incarnation

Rama, Frederick Lenz

The only things that stand between you and the Infinite ecstasy of existence are thoughts.

Insights

Tantric Buddhist Reflections on Life

Rama, Frederick Lenz

There is nothing that is not God.

The Enlightenment Cycle

Teachings on Meditation and Enlightenment

Rama, Frederick Lenz

Tantric Buddhism

Talks on Meditation and Enlightenment

Rama, Frederick Lenz

Zen Tapes

Talks on the Essence of Zen and Enlightenment

Rama, Frederick Lenz

Insights

Talks on the Nature of Existence

Rama, Frederick Lenz

The Lakshmi Series

Rama, Frederick Lenz

Bhagavad-Gita

The Song of God

Translated by Prabhavananda and Isherwood

Make a habit of practicing meditation, and do not let your mind be distracted.

The Upanishads

Breath of the Eternal

Translated by Prabhavananda and Manchester

OM is the bow, the arrow is the individual being, and Brahman is the target.

Shankara's Crest Jewel of Discrimination

Translated by Prabhavananda and Isherwood

Seek earnestly for liberation, and your lust for sense-objects will be rooted out.

The Way of Life

Lao Tzu

Translated by Witter Bynner

The greatest victor wins without a battle.

Vasistha's Yoga

Translated by Venkatesananda

When consciousness loses consciousness, it is no longer consciousness.

Journey to Ixtlan

Carlos Castaneda

You are making yourself accessible to power; you're hunting it and I'm just guiding you.

Tales of Power

Carlos Castaneda

To be a warrior means to be humble and alert.

How to Know God

The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali

Translated by Prabhavananda

To be free from thoughts that distract one from yoga, thoughts of an opposite kind must be cultivated.

The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

Translated by Nikhilananda

God can be realized by true faith alone.

I Ching

Translated by Baynes and Wilhelm

A superior man of modesty and merit carries things to conclusion. Good fortune.

The Tibetan Book of the Dead

Translated by W.Y. Evans-Wentz

O nobly-born, by not recognizing now, and by fleeing from the deities out of fear, again sufferings will come to overpower thee.

Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines

Translated by W.Y. Evans-Wentz

Be not jealous of a devotee who is truly religious and pious.

Mahabharata

Translated by William Buck

The world is wide! The world is wide!

Ramayana

Translated by William Buck

Never fear to love well.

Dhammapada

Translated by Thomas Byrom

Let go of anger. Let go of pride. When you are bound by nothing you go beyond sorrow.

Buddhist Masters of Enchantment

Translated by Keith Dowman

The sage who realizes that all is pure potential flies from the material world and alights in the Buddha-fields of Bliss.

The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa

Translated by Garma C. C. Chang

It is happy to realize completely the true nature of Bardo and to remain in the transcendental realm of the Great Bliss.

The Life and Teaching of Naropa

Translated by Herbert Guenther

The Dharma has become a river. Samsara's wave, that dazzling picture of desire, of its own has passed away.

The Great Path of Awakening

Jamgon Kongtrul

Don't trouble the minds of your companions by showing your pleasure or displeasure on every little matter.

A Journey in Ladakh

Andrew Harvey

The man is so still and expressionless he seems another rock.

Walden

Henry David Thoreau

This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore.

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Translated by Griffith and Hart

When the trees are seen to move the enemy is advancing.

How to Win Friends and Influence People

Dale Carnegie

Begin in a friendly way.

Seven Taoist Masters

A Folk Novel of China

Translated by Eva Wong

We who cultivate the Tao must bear whatever hardships beset us. Otherwise we will not be able to attain the Tao.