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/books/ for spiritual gains?

>both western and eastern literature is accepted.

>> No.14735359

>>14735346
The ego and it’s own

>> No.14735382

>>14735346
finnegans wake

>> No.14735815

Yoga Sutras
Baghavad Gita
Upanishads
Dhammapada
Parmenides
Empedocles
Heraclitus
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones
Historia Discordia
Plato
Plotinus
Proclus
Iamblichus
Macrobius
Corpus Hermetica
Nag Hamaddi codices
Bible
Sefer Yetzirah
Bahir
Zohar
Etz Chayim
Adi Sankara
Abhinavagupta
Sri Aurobindo

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Unrionically PKD. Ignore all "Orthodox" theologies and philosophies. Explore fringe and gnostic shit for the actual spirituality.

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The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin; 4 dialogue collection including: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo)
The Bible (KJV, RSV, and Oxford REB are all good English translations I can personally vouch for, I'm sure other Anons have their own favorites though)
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection
Life of the Buddha (Clay Sanskrit Library)
Garland of the Buddha’s Past Lives volumes 1 and 2 (Clay Sanskrit Library)
The Birth of Kumára (Clay Sanskrit Library)
Gita·govínda: Love Songs of Radha and Krishna (Clay Sanskrit Library)

>> No.14736089

>>14735359
>>14735382
>>14735830
Based and redpilled
>>14735815
>>14735960
Cringe and Guenonpilled

>> No.14736122

I read Cusa’s De Visione Dei yesterday and would definitely recommend you to read it.

>> No.14736157

>>14735346
yeah bruh *unnnngh* just gettin my spirituals gainz in *hrrrgh* yeah man gotta work out your soul brah *nnnnnhghuuh* jesus said man cannot live by bread alone *hnnngh* you need protein powder too *urrggh* protein powder of the spirit, that is *nrrghgh*

>> No.14736342

>>14736089
I've never read that faggot, OP asked for both east and west so I answered both east and west

>> No.14736424

>>14735960
oh also:
Walden

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Guru Granth Sahib

I Ching

Art of Peace


and of course pic related

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>> No.14736680

>>14736157
triggered

>> No.14737246

>>14735346
There are no books that will give you spiritual gains, anon. You have to actually do stuff consistently to become a different person.

>> No.14737292

>>14737246
Not true, in both Buddhism and Christianity there is spiritual merit to be found in reading important texts and cultivating admiration for respective key figures