32 Books like The Holy Science

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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🕉️ Indian Philosophy 📿 Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondualism 🌌 Nature Of Reality 🪞 Self-Knowledge

Advaita Vedanta 96%

When reality means what cannot be contradicted, the self turns out to be an error.

by Eliot Deutsch 1969

4.11

200 ratings

🕉️ Indian Philosophy 📿 Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondualism 🌌 Nature Of Reality 🪞 Self-Knowledge

The Teachings of Bhagavad Gita

by Richa Tilokani • 2021

Your therapist's questions, answered on a battlefield two millennia ago.

4.75

🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy 📜 Hindu Scripture 🌏 Eastern Spirituality 🧘 Practical Spirituality 👐 Selfless Action

The Teachings of Bhagavad Gita 96%

Your therapist's questions, answered on a battlefield two millennia ago.

by Richa Tilokani 2021

4.75

4 ratings

🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy 📜 Hindu Scripture 🌏 Eastern Spirituality 🧘 Practical Spirituality 👐 Selfless Action

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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🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🌊 Non-Dual Teachings 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🕊️ Spiritual Surrender 📜 Eastern Philosophy

Be As You Are 96%

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

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🌊 Non-Dual Teachings 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🕊️ Spiritual Surrender 📜 Eastern Philosophy

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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🕉️ Vedic Studies 🔮 Esoteric Interpretation 🧠 Psychological Symbolism 🛕 Hindu Philosophy 💡 Consciousness Studies

Secret of the Veda 96%

The Rig Veda's nature hymns conceal a complete psychology of self-overcoming, decoded here.

by Sri Aurobindo 1971

4.45

173 ratings

🕉️ Vedic Studies 🔮 Esoteric Interpretation 🧠 Psychological Symbolism 🛕 Hindu Philosophy 💡 Consciousness Studies

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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🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Spirituality 🧬 Evolution Of Consciousness 🔄 Integral Philosophy 🌟 Divine Immanence

The Life Divine 96%

The material world is not an error. It's divinity condensed, and evolution is its homecoming.

by Sri Aurobindo 1942

4.53

428 ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Spirituality 🧬 Evolution Of Consciousness 🔄 Integral Philosophy 🌟 Divine Immanence

What is Hinduism?

by David Frawley • 1995

Rejects no deity, requires no creed: a 3,000-year-old toolkit for direct self-knowledge.

4.15

108

🕉️ Hindu Philosophy 📜 Vedic Wisdom 🧘 Self-Realization 🔄 Karma And Rebirth 🧘‍♂️ Yoga Philosophy

What is Hinduism? 96%

Rejects no deity, requires no creed: a 3,000-year-old toolkit for direct self-knowledge.

by David Frawley 1995

4.15

108 ratings

🕉️ Hindu Philosophy 📜 Vedic Wisdom 🧘 Self-Realization 🔄 Karma And Rebirth 🧘‍♂️ Yoga Philosophy

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

🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy 📖 Gita Commentary 🧘 Yoga Philosophy ⚡ Karma Yoga 🌀 Raja Yoga

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 96%

Your spine is the battlefield. Yogananda's science of the Gita as an inner war.

by Paramahansa Yogananda 1955

4.35

449 ratings

🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy 📖 Gita Commentary 🧘 Yoga Philosophy ⚡ Karma Yoga 🌀 Raja Yoga

The Bhagavad Gita

by Paramahansa Yogananda • 2005

Your mind is the battlefield. Master the three inner forces and the two paths to liberation.

4.6

1k+

🕉️ Vedanta Philosophy 🙏 Devotional Mysticism 🎯 Karma Yoga 📖 Gita Commentaries 🌌 Hindu Cosmology

The Bhagavad Gita 96%

Your mind is the battlefield. Master the three inner forces and the two paths to liberation.

by Paramahansa Yogananda 2005

4.6

1k+ ratings

🕉️ Vedanta Philosophy 🙏 Devotional Mysticism 🎯 Karma Yoga 📖 Gita Commentaries 🌌 Hindu Cosmology

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.

3.82

1k+

🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy 🧭 Purpose Discovery 🎯 Detached Action 🪞 Self Realization 🛁 Inner Purification

The Gita Way- Secret Recipe to achieve the purpose of life Summary

The Gita Way- Secret Recipe to achieve the purpose of life 96%

The Gita's recipe for purpose: act without clinging to results, sustain commitment through devotion.

by Shweta Chandra 2016

3.82

1k+ ratings

🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy 🧭 Purpose Discovery 🎯 Detached Action 🪞 Self Realization 🛁 Inner Purification

Shiva Sutras

by Sukhabodhananda • 2008

Shiva is a state of consciousness, not a deity. The ancient sutras for inhabiting it yourself.

4.38

125

🕉️ Hindu Philosophy 🌊 Nonduality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🕯️ Mantra Meditation 🧹 Inner Cleansing

Shiva Sutras 96%

Shiva is a state of consciousness, not a deity. The ancient sutras for inhabiting it yourself.

by Sukhabodhananda 2008

4.38

125 ratings

🕉️ Hindu Philosophy 🌊 Nonduality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🕯️ Mantra Meditation 🧹 Inner Cleansing

True Happiness

by Arthur Osborne • 2015

Joy is never external. One inward question reveals it as your own unshakable ground.

4.74

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🔍 Self-Inquiry 💨 Ego Dissolution 🍂 Non-Attachment 🌊 Modern Nonduality

True Happiness 95%

Joy is never external. One inward question reveals it as your own unshakable ground.

by Arthur Osborne 2015

4.74

23 ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🔍 Self-Inquiry 💨 Ego Dissolution 🍂 Non-Attachment 🌊 Modern Nonduality

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.

4.26

🕉️ Bhagavad Gita 📿 Advaita Vedanta 🤲 Selfless Action 🧘 Meditation Practice 📖 Yoga Philosophy

The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening 95%

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

🕉️ Bhagavad Gita 📿 Advaita Vedanta 🤲 Selfless Action 🧘 Meditation Practice 📖 Yoga Philosophy

Presence, Volume I

by Rupert Spira • 2011

A single illusion hides lasting peace: the belief you are a separate self inside a body.

4.60

395

🕉️ Non-Dual Spirituality 📿 Advaita Vedanta 🔍 Self-Inquiry 👁️ Witness Consciousness 🪢 Suffering And Resistance

Presence, Volume I 95%

A single illusion hides lasting peace: the belief you are a separate self inside a body.

by Rupert Spira 2011

4.60

395 ratings

🕉️ Non-Dual Spirituality 📿 Advaita Vedanta 🔍 Self-Inquiry 👁️ Witness Consciousness 🪢 Suffering And Resistance

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

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🧠 Mind Training 🌱 Inner Transformation 🔍 Self Inquiry 🧘 Meditation Practice

A Manual Of Self Unfoldment 95%

The mind's hidden tendencies dictate your life: a systematic method from Vedanta for uprooting them.

by Chinmayananda 1993

4.54

184 ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🧠 Mind Training 🌱 Inner Transformation 🔍 Self Inquiry 🧘 Meditation Practice

The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali

by Satchidananda

Two thousand years before yoga pants, Patanjali wrote the manual for ending mental turmoil.

4.38

13k+

📜 Sacred Texts 🧘 Yoga Philosophy 🕉️ Indian Philosophy 🧠 Mind Training 🪷 Meditation Practice

The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali 95%

Two thousand years before yoga pants, Patanjali wrote the manual for ending mental turmoil.

by Satchidananda

4.38

13k+ ratings

📜 Sacred Texts 🧘 Yoga Philosophy 🕉️ Indian Philosophy 🧠 Mind Training 🪷 Meditation Practice

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.

4.00

9k+

🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy ☯️ Nondual Teachings 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌑 Shadow Work ⏳ Present Moment Awareness

The Book of Secrets 95%

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

🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy ☯️ Nondual Teachings 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌑 Shadow Work ⏳ Present Moment Awareness

7 Secrets from Hindu Calender Art

by Devdutt Pattanaik • 2011

The gods on Indian walls are a visual code. Read the symbols, unlock the philosophy.

3.72

510

🎨 Hindu Iconography 🔍 Decoding Mythology 🕉️ Hindu Philosophy 🌸 Divine Feminine 🔄 Cyclical Time

7 Secrets from Hindu Calender Art Summary

7 Secrets from Hindu Calender Art 95%

The gods on Indian walls are a visual code. Read the symbols, unlock the philosophy.

by Devdutt Pattanaik 2011

3.72

510 ratings

🎨 Hindu Iconography 🔍 Decoding Mythology 🕉️ Hindu Philosophy 🌸 Divine Feminine 🔄 Cyclical Time

I Am That

by Nisargadatta Maharaj • 1973

Consciousness itself is a reflection. What casts it has no name, no form, and no opposite.

4.43

7k+

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Nondual Philosophy 🔍 Self-Inquiry 👁️ Witness Consciousness 🍃 Non-Attachment

I Am That 95%

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 ☯️ Nondual Philosophy 🔍 Self-Inquiry 👁️ Witness Consciousness 🍃 Non-Attachment

Paths to God

by Ram Dass • 2004

Act without attachment, love without grasping, die awake: the Gita taught by a guru who read minds.

4.49

2k+

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 📿 Vedanta 💗 Devotional Practice 🧘 Meditation Practice 🪞 Ego Transcendence

Paths to God 95%

Act without attachment, love without grasping, die awake: the Gita taught by a guru who read minds.

by Ram Dass 2004

4.49

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 📿 Vedanta 💗 Devotional Practice 🧘 Meditation Practice 🪞 Ego Transcendence

Ananda

by Acharya Prashant • 2022

Chasing happiness guarantees you lose; real joy demands disillusionment and the courage to suffer.

4.50

🕉️ Vedanta Philosophy ☯️ Non-Duality 🫥 Ego Dissolution 🔥 Pain As Teacher 🔄 Cycle Of Desire

Ananda 95%

Chasing happiness guarantees you lose; real joy demands disillusionment and the courage to suffer.

by Acharya Prashant 2022

4.50

42 ratings

🕉️ Vedanta Philosophy ☯️ Non-Duality 🫥 Ego Dissolution 🔥 Pain As Teacher 🔄 Cycle Of Desire

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.

4.61

2k+

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🙏 Bhakti Yoga 🧘 Guru Yoga 🤲 Selfless Service 🤫 Silence And Meditation

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 95%

Why celebration and silence are the same path: a modern master dissolves the oldest spiritual split.

by Ravi Shankar 2001

4.61

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🙏 Bhakti Yoga 🧘 Guru Yoga 🤲 Selfless Service 🤫 Silence And Meditation

Sadhguru

by Arundhathi Subramaniam • 2010

A skeptic's path to guruhood: yoga as energy technology, ecstasy as a human capacity.

4.45

1k+

🧘‍♂️ Modern Gurus 🕉️ Contemporary Spirituality ✨ Experiential Spirituality ⚡ Energy Practices ❓ Questioning Dogma

Sadhguru 95%

A skeptic's path to guruhood: yoga as energy technology, ecstasy as a human capacity.

by Arundhathi Subramaniam 2010

4.45

1k+ ratings

🧘‍♂️ Modern Gurus 🕉️ Contemporary Spirituality ✨ Experiential Spirituality ⚡ Energy Practices ❓ Questioning Dogma

'I' is a Door

by Philip Renard • 2017

The sense of 'I' is both trap and door. Three masters on looking at the looker.

4.39

120

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Non-Duality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🪞 Nature Of Self 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

'I' is a Door 95%

The sense of 'I' is both trap and door. Three masters on looking at the looker.

by Philip Renard 2017

4.39

120 ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta ☯️ Non-Duality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🪞 Nature Of Self 🌅 Spiritual Awakening

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.

4.33

3k+

🕉 Vedanta Philosophy 🧠 Mind Training 🕊 Inner Freedom 🎯 Concentration Techniques 🪷 Self-Realization

Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekanand Summary

Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekanand 95%

The meditation method that starts with a restless mind and ends with the meditator's disappearance.

by Vivekananda 1976

4.33

3k+ ratings

🕉 Vedanta Philosophy 🧠 Mind Training 🕊 Inner Freedom 🎯 Concentration Techniques 🪷 Self-Realization

The Hidden Power of Gayatri Mantra

by Om Swami • 2019

A single Vedic mantra to dissolve mental blocks and sharpen intuition, from a Himalayan monk.

4.42

681

🕉️ Mantra Meditation 📜 Vedic Wisdom 🎵 Sound Meditation 🧘 Sadhana 🏔️ Himalayan Lineage

The Hidden Power of Gayatri Mantra Summary

The Hidden Power of Gayatri Mantra 95%

A single Vedic mantra to dissolve mental blocks and sharpen intuition, from a Himalayan monk.

by Om Swami 2019

4.42

681 ratings

🕉️ Mantra Meditation 📜 Vedic Wisdom 🎵 Sound Meditation 🧘 Sadhana 🏔️ Himalayan Lineage

Why I am a Hindu

by Shashi Tharoor • 2018

Hinduism demands no dogma and has no founder. Hindutva, its political impostor, insists on both.

3.72

4k+

🕉️ Hindu Philosophy 🧘 Advaita Vedanta 🤝 Religious Pluralism 🚩 Religious Nationalism 🇮🇳 Indian Politics

Why I am a Hindu 95%

Hinduism demands no dogma and has no founder. Hindutva, its political impostor, insists on both.

by Shashi Tharoor 2018

3.72

4k+ ratings

🕉️ Hindu Philosophy 🧘 Advaita Vedanta 🤝 Religious Pluralism 🚩 Religious Nationalism 🇮🇳 Indian Politics

Doorways to Light

by Krishnananda Trobe • 2006

Hidden sages have guided humanity for two billion years. A Golden Age began in 1974.

4.28

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🌌 Vedic Cosmology 🔱 Hindu Mysticism 🧘 Meditation Practice ✨ Astral Travel 🔄 Karma And Reincarnation

Doorways to Light 95%

Hidden sages have guided humanity for two billion years. A Golden Age began in 1974.

by Krishnananda Trobe 2006

4.28

160 ratings

🌌 Vedic Cosmology 🔱 Hindu Mysticism 🧘 Meditation Practice ✨ Astral Travel 🔄 Karma And Reincarnation

The Bhagavad Gita

by Jack Hawley

A warrior's battlefield crisis becomes a teaching on the deathless self and acting without grasping.

4.35

1k+

🕉️ Eastern Philosophy 🧘 Yoga Philosophy 📜 Hindu Scripture 🤲 Selfless Action 💗 Devotional Spirituality

The Bhagavad Gita 95%

A warrior's battlefield crisis becomes a teaching on the deathless self and acting without grasping.

by Jack Hawley

4.35

1k+ ratings

🕉️ Eastern Philosophy 🧘 Yoga Philosophy 📜 Hindu Scripture 🤲 Selfless Action 💗 Devotional Spirituality

Being Aware of Being Aware

by Rupert Spira • 2013

You do not need to control your mind; peace is the awareness doing the seeking.

4.41

3k+

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🌀 Modern Nonduality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🧘 Effortless Meditation 👁️ Witness Consciousness

Being Aware of Being Aware 95%

You do not need to control your mind; peace is the awareness doing the seeking.

by Rupert Spira 2013

4.41

3k+ ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🌀 Modern Nonduality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🧘 Effortless Meditation 👁️ Witness Consciousness

Body the Greatest Gadget

by Sadhguru • 2015

Suffering is self-made. The body, tuned right, is the way out.

4.44

750

🧘 Yogic Philosophy 🧠 Mind-Body Connection ☸️ Eastern Spirituality 🪷 Non-Attachment 🌬️ Breath Work

Body the Greatest Gadget 95%

Suffering is self-made. The body, tuned right, is the way out.

by Sadhguru 2015

4.44

750 ratings

🧘 Yogic Philosophy 🧠 Mind-Body Connection ☸️ Eastern Spirituality 🪷 Non-Attachment 🌬️ Breath Work

Be Here Now

by Ram Dass • 1971

Psychedelics open the door. Meditation, mantra, and surrender walk you through it.

4.34

44k+

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🧘 Yogic Philosophy 🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality 🔔 Meditation Practice 💀 Conscious Dying

Be Here Now 95%

Psychedelics open the door. Meditation, mantra, and surrender walk you through it.

by Ram Dass 1971

4.34

44k+ ratings

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🧘 Yogic Philosophy 🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality 🔔 Meditation Practice 💀 Conscious Dying

The Legend of the Goddess

by Om Swami • 2024

An ancient Vedic hymn embodies the goddess of fortune. This is the sonic key.

4.81

296

📜 Vedic Spirituality 🕉️ Hindu Scripture 📿 Mantra Meditation 🐍 Kundalini Awakening ⚡ Shaktism

The Legend of the Goddess 95%

An ancient Vedic hymn embodies the goddess of fortune. This is the sonic key.

by Om Swami 2024

4.81

296 ratings

📜 Vedic Spirituality 🕉️ Hindu Scripture 📿 Mantra Meditation 🐍 Kundalini Awakening ⚡ Shaktism

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