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A Life Divine, a Short Life-Sketch: Divine Activities and Messages of Yogacharya Sri Sri Bhupendranath Sanyal Ma by Sri Sunil Kumar Ghosh (20th century).
A Short Life of the Holy Mother by Swami Pavitrananda (20th century).
An Autobiography, or the Story of my Experiments with Truth, by M. K. Gandhi (20th century). An intimate look into the spiritual life of the great Indian sage and politician.
And There Was Light by Jacques Lusseyran (20th century).
Anandamayi Ma: The Mother Bliss Incarnate by Anil Ganguli (20th century).
Autobiography by Maharshi Debendranath Tagore (19th century).
Biography of Adi Shankara, father of the Advaita philosophy and a composer of sublime devotional songs and poems. His essential teaching was that the Self or Brahman is the only reality-the rest is maya or cosmic illusion.
Biography of Alexandra David-Neel (1868-1969, France)
Biography of Jehanne d'Arc a.k.a. Joan of Arc (1412-1431, France)
Biography of Swami Sivananda Saraswati (1887-1963)
Biography of Shri Shankaracharya Chandrashekharendra, the Shankaracharya of Kanchi (1894-1994 India)
Biography of Mata Amritanandayi Ma (1953-)
Biography of Ramanuja
Biography of Ramananda (c. 1450)
Biography of Sambhandar (643-659)
Biography of Thirunavukkarasar (610-691)
Biography of Sri Dattatreya (c. 2000 B.C.E.?)
Biography of Trailanga Swami (?)
Biography of Tansen (?)
Biography of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, a.k.a. Gauranga (1485-1533)
Biography of Bhagavan Swaminarayan (1781-1886)
Biography of Sri Goraknath (c. 10th century C.E.)
Biography of Swatmarama (c. 15th century C.E.)
Biography of Guru Padmasambhava (?-?)
Biography of Shams-e Tabriz (?-1273?, Turkey?)
Biography of the Bab (18- , present-day Iran)
Biography of Baha'u'llah (1817-1892, present-day Iran)
Biography of Zarathustra a.k.a Zoroaster (c. 1500? or 600? B.C.E.,
present-day Iran)
Biography of Plotinus (204-270, Egypt)
Black Elk Speaks by Black Elk (20th century)
Buddha's Lions: The Lives of the Eighty-four Siddhas by James B. Robinson (20th century)
Butler's Lives of the Saints by Butler
By His Grace: A Devotee's Story by Dada Mukerjee (20th century): the life
and teachings of Neem Karoli Baba.
Christian Mystics by Ursula King (20th century).
Devoted to the Goddess: The Life and Works of Ramprasad by Malcom McLean (20th century)
Divine Blossoms: The Lineage of Kriya Yoga Masters by Swami Prajñanananda Giri (20th century)
Elder Nektary of Optina by I.M. Kontzevitch (20th century)
Father Arseny: Priest, Prisoner, ??? by ??? (20th century)
From Darkness to Light by Kailash Chandra Rath
Glimpses of a Great Soul: A Portrait of Swami Saradananda by Swami Aseshananda (20th century)
Great Women of India by Swami Madhavananda and Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (20th century)
Guru and Disciple: An Encounter with Sri Gnanananda, a Contemporary Spiritual Master by Swami Abhishektananda (a.k.a. Father Henri Le Saux) (20th century). A moving account of the teaching and way of life of a Hindu sage by a Benedictine monk initiated into the Hindu order of swamis
Guru Nanak for the Aquarian Age: The Life and Teachings of Guru Nanak by Steve Gilbar and Parmatma Singh Khalsa (20th century)
Guru Nanak: His Mystic Teachings by J.R. Puri (20th century).
How God Came Into my Life, edited by the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (20th century)
In Danger Remember Me: Promises, Life and Teachings of Himalayan Master Baba Lokenath by Swami Shuddhananda Brahmachari (20th century)
In Quest of God by Swami Ramdas (20th century). An autobiography narrating a contemporary Indian saint's pilgrimages and adventures
In the Vision of God (two volumes) by Swami Ramdas (20th century). The continuation of Swami Ramdas' autobiography began in In Quest of God
Ishwara Darshan by Swami Tapovan Maharaj.
Journal of a Soul by Pope John XXIII (20th century)
Journals by Raissa Maritain
Lahiri Mahasaya: Fountainhead of Kriya Yoga by Swami Prajñanananda Giri (20th century)
Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East (6 volume set) by Baird T. Spalding (20th century)
Life History of Shirdi Sai Baba by Ammula Sambasiva Rao (20th century)
Life of Ramakrishna by Romain Rolland (20th century)
Living by the Words of Bhagavan by Swami Annamalai (20th century). The life and teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi by one of his long-time disciples
Lord Gauranga by Sri Sunil Kumar Ghosh (20th century)
Mahavatar Babaji: The Eternal Light of God by Swami Prajñanananda Giri (20th century)
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. The story of the author's imprisonment in concentration camps for five years, and his struggle during this time to find reasons to live, which lead to his development of "Logotherapy"
Medieval Women Monastics: Wisdom's Wellsprings by Miriam Schmitt and Linda Kulze (20th century)
Meeting with Remarkable Men by G.I. Gurdjieff (20th century). The autobiography of Gurdjieff
Memorial of the Saints (Tadhkirat al-Auliya) by Farid Al-Din Attar.
Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba by Ram Dass (20th century)
Much Silence: The Life and Work of Meher Baba by Tom and Dorothy Hopkinson (20th century).
Nag Mahasaya: A Saintly Householder Disciple of Shri Ramakrishna by Sarat Chandra Chakravarty (20th century)
Nityananda: The Divine Presence by H.U. Hatengdi (20th century). The biography of Swami Nityananda
Paramahamsa Hariharananda: River of Compassion by Swami Prajñanananda Giri (20th century)
Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Her Works in Her Own Words (20th century)
Puran Purush: Yogiraj Shyamacharan Lahiri by Ashoke Kumar Chatterjee (20th century). The diary of the father of modern Kriya yoga.
Rabi'a by Margaret Smith (20th century)
Ramakrishna and His Disciples by Christopher Isherwood (20th century)
Rich in Love: The Story of Padre Pio of Pietrelcina by Eileen Dunn Bertanzetti (20th century)
Saint Francis of Assisi by Thomas of Telano (13th century)
Saints: The Chosen Few by Manuela Dunn-Mascetti (20th century)
Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrer (20th century)
Sir John Templeton: From Wall Street to Humility Theology by Robert L. Herrmann (20th century)
Sri Krishna: The Darling of Humanity by A.S.P. Ayyar (20th century)
St. Anthony of the Desert by St. Athanasius (4th century)
Swami Shriyukteshwar: Incarnation of Wisdom by Swami Prajñanananda Giri (20th century)
The Autobiography of a Yogi, by Paramahamsa Yogananda (20th century).
The inspiring autobiography from the pioneer of Kriya Yoga in the West
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X (20th century)
The Divine Incarnation of Panchanan Bhattacharya: The Chief Disciple of Lahiri Mahasaya by Swami Satyeswarananda Giri (20th century)
The Eternal Companion: Brahmananda, His Life and Teachings by Swami Prabhavananda (20th century)
The Gandhi Reader: A Source Book of His Life and Writings by Homer A. Jack (20th century)
The Golden String: An Autobiography by Father Bede Griffiths (20th century)
The Gospel of Ramakrishna by M. Gupta (19th century). Recorded conversations of the Bengali saint who realized God in all main religions
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom (20th century). The story of the Boom family who hid Dutch Jews in a secret room in their home, before being discovered and killed in the extermination camp at Ravensbruck. Only Corrie survived, with her strong faith in God and her forgiveness
The Legend of St. Julien by Gustave Flaubert
The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava by Yeshe Tsogyal (20th century)
The Life and Teachings of Naropa by Herbert V. Guenther (20th century)
The Life of Milarepa, by Milarepa (11th century). The life and teachings of the great Tibetan yogi
The Life of St. Teresa of Avila (16th century). The autobiography of the Spanish Carmelite saint and reformer. This book converted the atheist
Jewish philosopher Edith Stein to convert to Catholicism and become a Carmelite nun in the 20th century
The Little Flowers of Saint Francis (13th century). The extraordinary life and teachings of St. Francis of Assisi
The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of Dorothy Day by Dorothy Day (20th century), the founder of the Catholic Worker movement in the U.S.A.
The Path: An Account of a Spiritual Adventure by Madhuri (20th century)
The Play of God: Visions of the life of Krishna by Vanamali (20th century)
The Seven-Story Mountain by Thomas Merton (20th century)
The Spiritual Athlete by Ray Berry (20th century)
The Story of a Soul, by St. Thérèse of Lisieux (19th century)
The Way of a Pilgrim, by an anonymous Russian peasant (19th century).
The joyful account of a pilgrim trying to practice unceasing prayer across Russia
The Wisdom of the Jewish Mystics
Therese Neumann: Mystic and Stigmatist by Adalbert Albert Vogel (20th century)
Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa by W.Y. Evans-Wentz (20th century)
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom (20th century). The true story about the love between a
dying spiritual mentor and his pupil
Vivekananda: A Biography by Swami Nikhilananda (20th century).
Wanderings in the Himalayas by Swami Tapovan Maharaj (20th century)
Way of the White Clouds: A Buddhist Pilgrim in Tibet by Lama Anagarika
Govinda (20th century)
Women of Power and Grace by Timothy Conway (20th century)
Women Saints East and West by Swami Ghanananda (20th century)
Yajñaseni: The Story of Draupadi by Pratibha Ray (20th century)
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