Thom Knoles Maharishi Vyasananda Saraswati
My teacher, Thom Knoles, is considered the world's leading authority on Vedic Meditation and knowledge in the world today. Listen to Thom in conversation with leaders, teachers, authors and professors from all over the world as they examine a variety of topics through the Vedic lens via his Podcast The Vedic Worldview.
Vedic Meditation / Transcendental Meditation specific
TRANSCENDENCE: HEALING AND TRANSFORMATION THROUGH TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION Norman E. Rosenthal
THE TM TECHNIQUE Peter Russell
THE SCIENCE OF BEING AND THE ART OF LIVING Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
CATCHING THE BIG FISH David Lynch
General
THE POWER OF NOW Eckhart Tolle
A NEW EARTH Eckhart Tolle
DISSOLVING THE EGO, REALISING THE SELF Dr David R Hawkins
LETTING GO – A PATHWAY TO SURRENDER Dr David R Hawkins
POWER VS FORCE Dr David R Hawkins
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI Paramahansa Yogananda
BE HERE NOW Ram Dass
I AM THAT: TALKS WITH SRI NISARGADATTA MAHARAJ Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
BIG MAGIC Elizabeth Gilbert
Ayurveda and Health
PERFECT HEALTH Deepak Chopra
THE AYURVEDIC COOKBOOK Amadea Morningstar
ESSENTIAL AYURVEDA: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU Shubhra Krishan
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF AYURVEDIC HOME REMEDIES Dr Vasant Lad
AYURVEDA - THE SCIENCE OF SELF HEALING Dr Vasant Lad
AYURVEDIC HEALING: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE Dr David Frawley
AYURVEDA AND THE MIND: THE HEALING OF CONSCIOUSNESS Dr David Frawley
A WOMAN’S BEST MEDICINE Nancy Lonsdorf
FOR A BLISSFUL BABY: HEALTHY AND HAPPY PREGNANCY WITH MAHARISHI VEDIC MEDICINE Dr. Kumuda Reddy, Linda Egenes and Margaret Mullins
Science
THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF ENLIGHTENMENT Robert Keith Wallace
THE BRAIN THAT CHANGES ITSELF Norman Doidge
THE BIOLOGY OF BELIEF (Also a YouTube video lecture – search for Bruce Lipton)
CONSCIOUSNESS (MAPPING SCIENCE) Rita Carter
THE RELAXATION RESPONSE Herbert Benson
RELAXATION REVOLUTION: SCIENCE AND GENETICS OF MIND BODY HEALING Herbert Benson
THE INFORMATION: A HISTORY, A THEORY, A FLOOD James Gleick
THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE Brian Greene
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING Bill Bryson
SAPIENS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF HUMANKIND Yuval Noah Hazart
WHY ZEBRAS DON’T GET ULCERS Robert Sapolsky
Vedic Texts
Vedic texts can be read on many levels – from the story itself to the many layers of symbolic meaning contained within them. If you haven’t read any Vedic texts before and are interested in trying some of the books listed below, a great place to start is with the Maharishi’s commentary of the Bhagavad Gita. In it he extrapolates these layers and meaning for the reader.
MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI ON THE BHAGAVAD-GITA: A NEW TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY, CHAPTERS 1-6 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
THE MAHABHARATA Ramesh Menon
THE RAMAYANA Ramesh Menon
THE DEVI BHAGAVATAM Ramesh Menon
BHAGAVATA PURANA Ramesh Menon
THE PRINCIPLE UPANISHADS S. Radhakrishnan
SEARCHING FOR VEDIC INDIA Devamrita Swami
SHANKARA’S CREST-JEWEL OF DISCRIMINATION - THE VIVEKACHUDAMANI Shankara