As for reading books… you may go on reading any number of them. They can only tell you, ‘Realise the Self within you’. The Self cannot be found in books. You have to find it out for yourself, in yourself.
—Ramana Maharshi1
Books about Ramana Maharshi are listed on their own page.
Terms used in the table
PDF scan: photographic reproduction of a paper book
PDF digital: more legible than PDF scan
EPUB: ebook in standard, open format.
MOBI: ebook in a common format.
AUTHOR/EDITOR ↕️ | TITLE ↕️ | LINKS ↕️ |
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Anonymous tr. Johnston, William |
The Cloud of Unknowing and The Book of Privy Counseling, 2014 | EPUB |
Brunton, Paul | A Search in Secret India | EPUB |
Byrom, Thomas (tr) |
Heart of Awareness (Ashtavakra Gita) |
PDF digital |
Carse, David | Perfect Brilliant Stillness, 2012 | MOBI |
Cioara, Elie | The Silence of the Mind, 2011 | EPUB |
Deussen, Paul | The Philosophy of the Upanishads, 1906 | PDF scan |
Deussen, Paul | The System of the Vedanta, 1912 | PDF scan |
Eckhart, Meister | Selected Writings, 2010 | EPUB |
Eliade, Mircea | Yoga: Immortality and Freedom, 1970 | PDF scan |
Feuerstein, Georg | The Philosophy of Classical Yoga, 1996 | EPUB |
Feuerstein, Georg | The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice, 2008, 3rd ed. | EPUB |
Frazier, Jan | When Fear Falls Away, 2007 | EPUB |
Gambhirananda, Swami (tr.) | The Bhagavad Gita with the Commentary of Shankaracharya | EPUB |
Gambhirananda, Swami (tr.) | Eight Upanishads with the Commentary of Shankaracharya (2 volumes) | EPUB |
Gavand, Dada | Intelligence Beyond Thought, 2006 | PDF scan |
Hamilton, Sue | Indian Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction, 2001 | EPUB |
Jones, Franklin (Adi Da) |
The Knee of Listening, 1973 | PDF digital PDF scan |
Krishnamurti, Jiddu | First and Last Freedom | EPUB |
Merrell-Wolff, Franklin | Pathways Through to Space, 2nd ed., 1983 | EPUB |
Nisargadatta | I Am That | EPUB |
Olivelle, Patrick (tr) | Upaniṣads | EPUB |
Patanjali tr. Bryant, Edwin F. |
The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali | EPUB |
Potter, Karl H. | Presuppositions of India’s Philosophies, 1963 | PDF scan |
Ramana Maharshi | See Free Ramana books on other sites | |
Shankara tr. Gambhirananda, Swami |
Brahma Sutra Bhasya of Shankaracharya | EPUB |
Shankara tr. Sengaku Mayeda |
A Thousand Teachings: The Upadesasahasri of Sankara, 1992 | PDF scan |
Shankara (attributed) tr. Pranipata Chaitanya |
Sri Sankara’s Vivekachudamani | PDF digital |
Valmiki (attributed), ed. Venkatesananda, Swami |
The Concise Yoga Vasistha, 1985 | PDF scan |
1 Ramana Maharshi quoted by A. Devaraja Mudaliar in Day by Day with Bhagavan, 16 March 1945, Morning.
This page was first published on July 27, 2024 and last revised on September 24, 2024.