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Best Books on Spiritual Enlightenment / Awakening
This is a list on the subject that can neither be defined nor directly described - spiritual enlightenment, awakening, truth realization.
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Self Treatments including The Radiant I AM
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4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
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3.79 avg rating — 2,439 ratings
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Consciousness Speaks: Conversations with Ramesh S. Balsekar
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4.52 avg rating — 141 ratings
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My Spiritual Alphabet Book
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3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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In Search of the Miraculous: Fragments of an Unknown Teaching
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4.07 avg rating — 3,478 ratings
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Metaphysical Meditations
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4.45 avg rating — 539 ratings
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The Spiritual Science of Emma Curtis Hopkins: 12 Lessons to a New Transcendent You (Library of Hidden Knowledge)
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Ruth L. Miller (Editor)
4.47 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Body Politics: Five Practices of the Christian Community Before the Watching World
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4.11 avg rating — 280 ratings
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Head Off Stress
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4.42 avg rating — 45 ratings
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Good Night God
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4.47 avg rating — 66 ratings
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The Fourth Way: An Arrangement by Subject of Verbatim Extracts from the Records of Ouspensky's Meetings in London and New York, 1921-46
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4.21 avg rating — 1,120 ratings
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Reality, Spirituality and Modern Man
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4.27 avg rating — 278 ratings
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Combatting Cult Mind Control: The #1 Best-selling Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults
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Steven Hassan (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 1,533 ratings
score: 88,
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The Science of Religion
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4.35 avg rating — 365 ratings
score: 87,
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SCIENTIFIC CHRISTIAN MENTAL PRACTICE
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4.42 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Women of the Bible: A One-Year Devotional Study of Women in Scripture
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Ann Spangler (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 1,989 ratings
score: 87,
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| 314 |
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What Am I? A Study in Non-Volitional Living (Volume 1)
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Galen Sharp (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 30 ratings
score: 87,
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| 314 |
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The Empty Boat: Encounters with Nothingness
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4.20 avg rating — 520 ratings
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The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions
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4.14 avg rating — 341 ratings
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The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection
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Michael A. Singer (Goodreads Author)
4.08 avg rating — 19,541 ratings
score: 87,
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The Great Secret: Life's Meaning as Revealed Through Ancient, Hidden Traditions
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3.67 avg rating — 33 ratings
score: 86,
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Gates to Buddhist Practice: Essential Teachings of a Tibetan Master
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4.48 avg rating — 148 ratings
score: 86,
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John Donne's Poetry
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4.11 avg rating — 8,398 ratings
score: 86,
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The Nisargadatta Gita
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4.51 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 86,
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Come, come, yet again come: Spontaneous talks given to disciples and friends of Osho in Gautama the Buddha Auditorium, Poona, India
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4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings
score: 86,
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Bless Your Heart
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3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
score: 86,
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| 327 |
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Lord of the Dance: Autobiography of Chagdud Tulku Lama
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4.55 avg rating — 107 ratings
score: 85,
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| 327 |
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Perfect Brilliant Stillness
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4.54 avg rating — 273 ratings
score: 85,
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| 327 |
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Tao: The Three Treasures, Volume One: Talks on Fragments from Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
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4.46 avg rating — 87 ratings
score: 85,
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| 327 |
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The Soul of an Indian: And Other Writings from Ohiyesa
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4.42 avg rating — 122 ratings
score: 85,
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Centuries of Meditations
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4.43 avg rating — 260 ratings
score: 84,
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Red Tara Commentary: Instructions for the Concise Practice Known as Red Tara: An Open Door to Bliss and Ultimate Awareness
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4.26 avg rating — 19 ratings
score: 84,
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Ask the Awakened: The Negative Way
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4.29 avg rating — 76 ratings
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The Millionaire Course: A Visionary Plan for Creating the Life of Your Dreams
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Marc Allen (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 214 ratings
score: 84,
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Jed McKenna's Notebook: All Bonus Content from The Enlightenment Trilogy
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4.37 avg rating — 211 ratings
score: 83,
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I Am That: The Science of Hamsa from the Vijnana Bhairava
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4.48 avg rating — 114 ratings
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Ah This!
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4.36 avg rating — 173 ratings
score: 83,
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Smudge Bunny
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4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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| 339 |
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Redesigning God: Nuts and Bolts of the Emerging Religion
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Jeremiah Cox (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 82,
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Standing as Awareness: The Direct Path
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Greg Goode (Goodreads Author)
4.38 avg rating — 198 ratings
score: 82,
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Zen: The Path of Paradox
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4.21 avg rating — 407 ratings
score: 82,
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Thank You, God
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4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 82,
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I Am
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4.55 avg rating — 216 ratings
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Seeds of Consciousness: The Wisdom of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
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4.65 avg rating — 117 ratings
score: 81,
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Tao: The Pathless Path
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4.26 avg rating — 1,027 ratings
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She Who Dreams: A Journey into Healing through Dreamwork
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4.08 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Passionate Presence: Experiencing the Seven Qualities of Awakened Awareness
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4.18 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Pointers From Nisargadatta Maharaj
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4.55 avg rating — 136 ratings
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The Mystique of Enlightenment: The Radical Ideas of U.G. Krishnamurti
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4.27 avg rating — 196 ratings
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A Monk in the World: Cultivating a Spiritual Life
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3.86 avg rating — 184 ratings
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Open Secret
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4.32 avg rating — 105 ratings
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Hands That Heal
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4.27 avg rating — 124 ratings
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All Else Is Bondage
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4.27 avg rating — 103 ratings
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God Believes in You
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4.41 avg rating — 27 ratings
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THE FALSE SELF
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4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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The Miracle of the Breath
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4.14 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Hiring the Heavens: A Practical Guide to Developing Working Relationships with the Spirits of Creation
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4.37 avg rating — 1,101 ratings
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The Path of Shri Ramana (Part II)
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4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Essential Wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita: Ancient Truths for Our Modern World
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4.38 avg rating — 50 ratings
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Vijnanabhairava or Divine Consciousness: A Treasury of 112 Types Of Yoga
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Jaideva Singh (Editor)
4.51 avg rating — 65 ratings
score: 74,
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Reader of Hearts: The Life and Teachings of a Reluctant Psychic
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3.81 avg rating — 21 ratings
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The Path of Sri Ramana (Part I)
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4.67 avg rating — 42 ratings
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The Elements of Prayer: Learning to Pray in Real Life
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3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Shankara's Crest-Jewel of Discrimination: Timeless Teachings on Nonduality - The Vivekachudamani
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4.46 avg rating — 538 ratings
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Aromatherapy for the Soul: Healing the Spirit with Fragrance and Essential Oils
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4.34 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme
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The Lazy Dog's Guide to Enlightenment
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Andrea Hurst (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Blooming in the Desert: Favorite Teachings of the Wildflower Monk Taungpulu Sayadaw
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Anne Teich (Editor)
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The Souls of Animals
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3.86 avg rating — 215 ratings
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Practical Insight Meditations: Basic and Progressive Stages
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Bless This Food: Ancient and Contemporary Graces from Around the World
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Spirit Heals: Library Edition
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The Seven Steps to Awakening
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4.47 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Happiness and the Art of Being: An Introduction to the Philosophy and Practice of the Spiritual Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana
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Rock Your World with the Divine Mother: Bringing the Sacred Power of the Divine Mother into Our Lives
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3.97 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Ultimate Medicine: Dialogues with a Realized Master
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The Secret Spiritual World of Children: The Breakthrough Discovery that Profoundly Alters Our Conventional View of Children's Mystical Experiences
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4.15 avg rating — 67 ratings
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Mental Resilience: The Power of Clarity: How to Develop the Focus of a Warrior and the Peace of a Monk
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Do It Anyway: The Handbook for Finding Personal Meaning and Deep Happiness in a Crazy World
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Five Wishes: How Answering One Simple Question Can Make Your Dreams Come True
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Dressage in the Fourth Dimension
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Jesus in the Lotus: The Mystical Doorway Between Christianity and Yogic Spirituality
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The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine
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One Soul, One Love, One Heart: The Sacred Path to Healing All Relationships
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Live Your Bliss: Practices That Produce Happiness and Prosperity
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The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder's Journey through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows
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Mala of the Heart: 108 Sacred Poems
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Ravi Nathwani (Editor)
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In the Heart of the World: Thoughts, Stories and Prayers
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