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  Search in Secret India

  by Paul Brunton

  The late Paul Brunton was one of the 20th century's greatest explorers of and writers on the spiritual traditions of the East. A Search in Secret India is the story of Paul Brunton's journey around India, living among yogis, mystics, and gurus, some of whom he found convincing, others not. He finally finds the peace and tranquility which come with self-knowledge when he meets and studies with the great sage Sri... (more)
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  Vasistha's Yoga

  by Venkatesananda

  Text: English (translation)
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  Superself : Doubling Your Personal Effectiveness

  by Charles J. Givens

  A helpful guide provides proven strategies to eliminate negativity, double efficiency, control emotions, and create one's own future, by the famous entrepreneur and author of Wealth Without Risk. 400,000 first printing. National ad/promo. Tour.
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  The Mystic Eye

  by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

  This is a book for the thirsty.And emphatically not a book for the faint hearted.In a series of far-reaching exploratory conversations,Sadhguru a living master and mystic of our times touches on every conceivable question that seeker might nurse about the realm of the mystical.Questions about enlightenment,liberation,death,God and the afterlife.Also those niggling but ostensibly trifling questions that so many... (more)
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  Essential Wisdom from a Spiritual Master

  by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

  There often comes a moment in people s lives when full stops fall away,Question marks surface.And commas,Vast yawning commas.This is the point at which the individual becomes a seeker.This is a book for seekers.It encompasses the gamut of questions restless,fevered,desperate that have arisen in every seeker s mind at some point or the other.Questions about fear,desire,suffering,commitment,free... (more)
• The Mind of Ramana MaharshiArthur Osborne

  

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  The Mind of Ramana Maharshi

  by Arthur Osborne

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  The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

  by Lou Aronica, Ken Robinson

  From one of the world’s leading thinkers and speakers on creativity and self-fulfillment, a breakthrough book about talent, passion, and achievement The element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When people arrive at the element, they feel most themselves and most inspired and achieve at their highest levels. The Element draws on the stories of a wide range of people, from ex-Beatle... (more)
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  The Memory of Running

  9 audiocassette set with bonus cassette of interview with the author. In a very nice hard case.
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  The Uddhava Gita

  Widely read, The Bhagavad Gita is a classic of world spirituality while The essential companion to The Bhagavad Gita, The Uddhava Gita has remained overlooked. This new accessible and only English translation in print of The Uddhava Gita offers a previously unexplored path to understanding Hinduism and Krishna’s wisdom. Written centuries apart, the ideas of the two dialogues are similar although their approach and... (more)
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  In Her Shoes MovieTie-in: A Novel

  by Jennifer Weiner

  Rose Feller is thirty years old, a high-powered attorney, with a secret passion for romance novels, an exercise regime she's going to start next week, and dreams of a man who will slide off her glasses, gaze into her eyes, and tell her that she's beautiful. Meet Rose's sister Maggie. Twenty-eight years old, drop-dead gorgeous and only occasionally employed, Maggie is a backing singer in a band called Whiskered... (more)
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  Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Monster Movies, & the Truth about Reality

  by Brad Warner

  Hardcore Zen is not your typical "Zen" book. Brad Warner, the young punk who grew up to be a Zen master, spares no one — just like Reality itself. This bold new approach to the Why of Zen Buddhism is as strongly grounded in the tradition of Zen as it is utterly revolutionary: Warner's voice is hilarious, and he calls on the wisdom of everyone from punk and pop culture icons to the Buddha himself to make sure his... (more)
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  Autobiography of a Yogi (Reprint of Original 1946 Edition)

  by ParamahansaYogananda

  Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation. This acclaimed autobiography presents a fascinating portrait of one of the great spiritual figures of our time. With engaging candor, eloquence, and wit, Paramahansa Yogananda tells the inspiring chronicle of his life: the... (more)
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  Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

  by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship , a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics, has been called the first Bildungsroman and has had a tremendous influence on the history of the German novel. The story centers on Wilhelm, a young man living in the mid-1700s who strives to break free from the restrictive world of economics and seeks fulfillment as an actor and playwright. Along with Eric... (more)