The Apostolic Fathers – Fathers of the first, second, third and fourth century

Here are 3.000 pages for your reading joy. This trilogy is the accounts of the early Apostolic Fathers written by Philip Schaff and edited by Alexander Roberts, D.D. & James Donaldson, LL.D. These version where published in 1885 and the ambitious aim has been to present English translations of the complete works and whereabouts of [...]

Popol Vuh – 3 English translations

Today I have goodies for you. Popol Vuh is one among a very few full text books that exists from the meso-americans cultures. Popol Vuh describes the Mayans creation myth, its epic tales of the Hero Twins Hunahpú and Xbalanqué and other spectacular  stories. The title Popol Vuh translates “Book of the Community,” “Book of [...]

Autobiography of Madame Guyon

Autobiography of Madame Guyon – from the introduction: “IN THE HISTORY of the world few persons have attained that high degree of spirituality reached by Madame Guyon. Born in a corrupt age, in a nation marked for its degeneracy; nursed and reared in a church, as profligate as the world in which it was embedded; [...]

J. Krishnamurti – Public Talks in Washington DC 1985

J. Krishnamurti – Public Talks in Washington DC 1985 is the transcriptions of two talks Krishnamurti held in Washington.From the foreword by Mary Zimbalist: This When Krishnamurti agreed to speak in Washington in April 1985, it was in a sense to a new audience, one to which in the compression of only two talks he [...]

The Buddhist Way

The Buddhist Way presents in a simple and understandable manner the various rites that are performed by Buddhists on happy and sad occasions in their lives. It describes for example how Buddhist funerals takes place, Buddhist Taboos, education, Buddhist view on magic and much more. Download ‘The Buddhist Way’ here (50 pages): The Buddhist Way

Krishnamurti Education and the Significance of life

J Krishnamurti’s ‘Education and the Significance of life’ was published in 1981. From the book: “The freedom to create comes with self-knowledge; but self-knowledge is not a gift. One can be creative without having any particular talent. Creativeness is a state of being in which the conflicts and sorrows of the self are absent, a [...]

Sri Aurobindo VOL 3-4 Collected Plays and Stories

Collected Plays and Stories contains all Sri Aurobindo’s original dramatic works and works of prose fiction. The material, which occupies two volumes, is divided by type into three parts: complete plays, incomplete and fragmentary plays, and stories, complete, incomplete and fragmentary. The earliest of the pieces collected here was written in 1891, the lastest in [...]

The Master Game By Robert S. de Ropp

The Master Game is CONCERNED with GAMES and AIMS.. Seek, above all, for a game worth playing. Such is the advice of the oracle to modern man. Having found the game, play it with intensity — play as if your life and sanity depended on it. (They do depend on it.) Follow the example of [...]

Augustins: City of God and On Christian Doctrine

The “City of God” is the masterpiece of the greatest genius among the Latin Fathers, and the best known and most read of Augustins works, except the “Confessions.” It embodies the results of thirteen years of intellectual labor and study (from A.D. 413–426). It is a vindication of Christianity against the attacks of the heathen [...]

Egyptian Book of the Dead

Egyptian Book of the Dead was initially published in modern times in the aftermath of Napoleons expeditions to Egypt.  First the Egyptian Book of the Dead was considered to be the ‘Bible’ of the ancient Egypt and was therefore treated with great respect and consideration. The Book of the Dead (often presented with the subtitle [...]

Provocations Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard

‘Provocations’ Spiritual Writings of Kierkegaard is compiled and edited by Charles E. Moore. From the foreword: “Søren Kierkegaard has been accused of being one of the most frustrating authors to read. He has also been praised as one of the most rewarding. Frustrating, because his style is so dense, his thought so complex, and his [...]

What Buddhists believe

From the foreword of ‘What Buddhists believe’: “On one occasion a Christian delegation visited Ven Dhammananda to have a dialogue. A member of the delegation saw the book on his desk and asked, “Venerable, What do Buddhists believe?” He replied, “Buddhists do not believe anything!” Puzzled, the man asked, “ Then why did you write [...]

Ashtavakra Gita

The Ashtavakra Gita is an ancient spiritual document of great purity and power. Pure, because it is relentlessly one-pointed. Every word is aimed at triggering Self-realization–no suggestions for self-improvement, no rules for moral behavior, no practical wisdom for daily life. Powerful, because the mere reading—or repeated reading–of it can be enough to send a ripe [...]

The Religion of Ancient Greece

The Religion of Ancient Greece is an inquiry into the nature of Greek religion ; an attempt to discover its origin how it resembles and how it differs from other religions. Especially its object is to ask and, if it may be, to answer the question : ” What in Greek religion is characteristically Greek [...]

Ramayana full length PDF Ebook

The Ramayana is an ancient Hindu text about Rama, an incarnation of the God Vishnu. It tells the story of the righteous prince Rama and his rescue of his wife Sita after her abduction by the demon king Ravana. This version is retold in English by C. Rajagopalachari and edited by Jay Mazo, American Gita [...]