Where to begin
Where to Begin with the Buddha: A Reader's First Step
New to Siddhartha Gautama? Start with the free Invitation volume and find the right order to read the Buddha's life.
The Journal
Feast days, holy seasons, and where to begin with the great sacred lives. Every entry stands in its own right, and every one opens a door to the shelf.
The season
Advent: The Season That Waits for the Light
What Advent is, how it is kept East and West, and the saints whose lives read as long preparation for one birth.
Feast day · May 13
Li Hongzhi Feast Day: May 13, World Falun Dafa Day
Li Hongzhi's feast day, May 13, marks his birth and the day he first taught Falun Dafa. How practitioners keep it, and what to read.
The life · March 17
Saint Patrick: A Three-Volume Life of the Apostle of Ireland
Saint Patrick, the boy taken in chains who became Ireland's apostle, a three-volume life for Catholic and Christian readers.
The life · January 2
St. Seraphim of Sarov: A Life in Three Books
A biography of St. Seraphim of Sarov in three volumes: his formation, his hermitage and uncreated light, his teaching and living presence.
Where to begin
Where to Begin with Seraphim Rose: A Reader's First Step
New to Fr. Seraphim Rose? Start with the free Invitation to his three-volume life, the philosopher who became a monk in a California wilderness.
Feast day · September 23
Saint Pio of Pietrelcina: How Catholics Keep His Feast Day
Padre Pio's feast day, September 23, and how the Church keeps it. Who he was, what the day means, and where to begin reading his life.
Where to begin
Sri Krishna: Where to Begin, A Reader's First Step
New to Sri Krishna? Start with the free Invitation volume of his childhood lila, then follow the path through Vrindavan, Kurukshetra, and beyond.
The life · January 7
Saint John the Baptist: A Three-Volume Life of the Forerunner
A reverent three-volume life of Saint John the Baptist, the Forerunner of Christ, tracing his wilderness years, his ministry, and his enduring intercession.
Feast day
Remembering Sri H. W. L. Poonja (Papaji)
How devotees remember Papaji, the Lucknow master in Ramana Maharshi's lineage, and what to read to meet him.