Resources to support your meditation

A comprehensive list of our recommended books on meditation, the mind, the science of healing, Ayurveda, consciousness, and spirituality. Enjoy and remember to take time to digest and practice the knowledge.

Meditation and spirituality

Books

The Power of Now : A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment - Eckhart Tolle

A New Earth : Create a Better Life - Eckhart Tolle

The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection by Michael A. Singer

The Science of Being and the Art of Living - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (try to find a1967 version for less edits by the TM organisation)

Letting Go : The Pathway of Surrender - David Hawkins

Power Vs Force : The Hidden Determinates of Human Behaviour - David Hawkins

When things fall apart by Pema Chödrön

Men's Business, Women's Business : The Spiritual Role of Gender in the World's Oldest Culture - Hannah Rachel Bell

Be Here Now - Ram Dass

The Ringing Cedars Book Series : Ancient Wisdom for Ecstatic Living - Vladimir Megre

The Power of Myth - Joseph Campbell

The Tao Te Ching (a pocket handbook) - Stephen Mitchell

Loving What Is - Byron Katie

Stress, mind, health, and healing

Books

The Brain That Changes Itself : Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science - Norman Doidge

The Biology of Belief - Bruce Lipton

The Body Keeps Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

Waking The Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine

Explain Pain by David Butler & Lorimer Moseley

Beyond the Relaxation Response : How to Harness the Healing Power of Your Personal Beliefs - Herbert Benson

Relaxation Revolution : The Science and Genetics of Mind Body Healing - Herbert Benson

Eastern Body, Western Mind : Psychology and the Chakra System As a Path to the Self - Anodea Judith

Healing Back Pain : The Mind-Body Connection - John E. Sarno

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers : The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases and Coping - Robert Sapolsky

Lost Connections : Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope - Johann Hari

Ayurveda & Yoga

Vedic wisdom

Legendary stories (Puranas, Ithihas etc.)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi On The Bhagavad-Gita A New Translation and Commentary Chapters 1 - 6 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1969 version)

The Mahabharata - Volume 1 AND Volume 2 OR Kindle - Ramesh Menon

The Ramayana : A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic- Ramesh Menon

Devi : The Devi Bhagavatam Retold - Ramesh Menon

Krishna: Life and Song of the Blue - Ramesh Menon

Bhagavata Purana - Ramesh Menon

Vedanta (non-duality)

Shankara's Crest-Jewel of Discrimination: Timeless Teachings on Nonduality - The Vivekachudamani - Shankara

I Am That : Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

All books by Ramana Maharshi

Vedic sciences

Human Physiology - Expression of Veda and the Vedic Literature - Professor Tony Nader, MD, PhD, under the guidance of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

The Ramayana in the Human Physiology - Professor Tony Nader, MD, PhD, under the guidance of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

The Secret of the Veda by Sri Aurobindo - this is a very in-depth exploration of the Veda through the illuminated mind of Sri Aurobindo. This is for advanced meditators who want to take a deep dive into the true meaning of the Veda.