Top Ten books on HolyBooks.com
HolyBooks.com have now existed for four months and here comes the first piece of stats. The top ten list of spiritual ebooks downloaded are as follows:
The Fundamentals of Meditation Practice
The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage
Raja Yoga by Swami Vivekananda
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
Buddhism for the Future
The Magick Path of Tantra – The Orgasm of [...]
The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity by Rudolph Steiner
The Philosophy of Spiritual Activity by Rudolph Steiner centers around two problems which are fundamental to the human soul-life. One of these problems concerns the possibility of attaining such insight into human nature that knowledge of man can become the foundation of all human knowledge and experience of life. We often feel that our experiences [...]
Knowledge of the Higher Worlds by Rudoph Steiner
Knowledge of the Higher Worlds by Rudoph Steiner set out to answer the question how knowledge of the higher worlds are attained. From Steiners intro:
There slumber in every human being, faculties by means of which he can acquire for himself a knowledge of higher worlds. Mystics, Gnostics, Theosophists – all speak of a world of [...]
Church History, Life of Constantine, Oration in Praise of Constantine by Eusebius Pamphilius
Church History, Life of Constantine, Oration in Praise of Constantine by Eusebius Pamphilius is a classic which rank in significance with the works of Flavius Josephus. What Josephus did for the Old Testament and Intertestamentary period, Eusebius did for the New Testament era and for the early years of the post-Biblical church history. Download Church [...]
Freeing the Heart Dhamma teachings from the Nuns’ Community at Amaravati & Cittaviveka Buddhist Monasteries
Freeing the Heart Dhamma teachings from the Nuns’ Community at Amaravati & Cittaviveka Buddhist Monasteries is a collection of Dhamma reflections offered by the Forest Sangha Nuns’ community introduces us, as readers, to a unique perspective which, like a soothing balm, calms, uplifts and enlightens. It celebrates the ability of women to use an ancient [...]
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran
The Prophet by Khalil Gibran is here as a free pdf ebook. It was written in English by the Lebanese Khalil Gibran and published in 1923. Its poetic wisdom and the spiritual universal message has made it a modern classic now translated to more than 40 languages.
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The Holy War by John Bunyan
“The Holy War” by John Bunyan (1628-1688) with the subtitles The Losing and Taking Again of the Town of Man-soul (The Holy War Made by Shaddai upon Diabolus, for the Regaining of the World is an allegorical Christian novel that depicts the fictional characters and events to illustrate the Christian spiritual journey. The holy [...]
The Magick Path of Tantra – The Orgasm of Ecstasy
The Magick Path of Tantra – The Orgasm of Ecstasy by Shri Gurudev Mahendranath is a brief guide to the history og Tantra. From the introduction:
“Tantra and Tantrik, as applied to a uniqueway of life, are a fairly modern expression
and development. Tantra means a treatise, but a treatise or manuscript dealing with occult and esoteric [...]
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
This eBook is the complete English text of Gary Gagliardi’s award-winning translation of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. The Art of War is one of the oldest and most successful books on military strategy. It has had an influence on Eastern military thinking, business tactics, and beyond. Download the ebook here in full [...]
Tripura Rahasya or the Mystery Beyond the Trinity
“Tripura Rahasya or the Mystery Beyond the Trinityis” an ancient prime text on Advaita in Sanskrit and was highly commended by Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi for study by seekers. There was no English translation of this scripture until the present one was made by Munagala Venkataramiah (Swami Ramanananda Saraswathi) in 1938. This book is not [...]
Krishnamurti Meditations 1969
Meditations is a short ebook by Krishnamurti about meditation. This is far from being a technical guide to meditation (for a more how-to oriented book try “Guide to Vipassana“), but it describes in a more poetic way Krishnamurtis views on meditation. From the book:
“Meditation is one of the most extraordinary things, and if you do [...]
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.
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The Buddhist Way
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Teachings of the Lord Chaitanya – The Golden Avatara
Teachings of the Lord Chaitanya is an Indian classic text specially used by the Hare Krishna movement. Taking the role of His own devotee, Lord Sri Krsna appeared as Sri Krsna Chaitanya about five centuries ago in Bengal, India, and began a great social and spiritual revolution that has profoundly affected the lives [...]
The Psychology of Mans Possible Evolution
P. D. Ouspenskys ‘The Psychology of Mans Possible Evolution’ was published shortly after his death in 1947 together with In Search of the Miraculous.
100 pages/605KB – download here:
Ouspensky The Psychology of Mans Possible Evolution
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The Fourth Way by P. D. Ouspensky
When P. D. Ouspensky was asked if he intended to publish his lectures, he answered: ‘What is the use? The most important is not the lectures but the questions and answers.’ This book consists of verbatim extracts from talks and answers to questions given by Ouspensky between 1921 and 1946. Chapter I is a general [...]
Meetings with Remarkable Men – G. GURDJIEFF
Meetings with Remarkable Men is the second volume of the All and Everything trilogy written by the Greek-Armenian mystic G. I. Gurdjieff. It was published in 1963 and tells the tale of the young Gurdjieff growing up in a world torn between his unexplainable experiences and the developing modern sciences. The book takes the [...]
Jiddu Krishnamurtis Notebook (1961)
In June 1961 Krishnamurti began to keep a daily record of his perceptions and states of consciousness. In this unique daily record we have what may be called the wellspring of Krishnamurti’s teaching. The whole essence of his teaching is here, arising from its natural source.
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Jiddu Krishnamurtis [...]