favorite book/s?

I have never liked reading but the one book I got a lot from is a book called "Ebraced By The Light" I bought it just after my father passed away as I needed something that I felt would give me comfort and it did, and i have lent it to a few people who have lost loved ones...

book of Books the Bible, you can't get anything else.

My favorite inspiratioal book is God Calling-A.J. Russell I've given away a few copies of this one. Seems every time I get a new copy, I run into someone who might be blessed by it and end up giving it to them. It is an incredible book! The first time I read it I couldn't put it down. I read it all the way through. It is a day book...and I still use it.

I have a long list of books on Sanatana Dharma. Vedas are my favorite, with Upanishads, Bhagavat Gita, Atmopadeshashatakam. I also love books by Krishnamurthy, Osho, Nityachaitanya Yati, Ramana Maharshi, Aurobindo and few others. Till about two decades ago i thought books of other religions were good, but when i read them i found that Hindu religious texts are better in all ways. i does not bind me to a particular way or god or thinking. I keep Vedas, Bhagavat Gita, Atmopadeshshatam by side of my bed so that i can read it whenever i want to.

Books that are to be read and re-read and that would provide newer insights each time you read them are called Epics. In our country that is India- there are two books classified as Epics: The Ramayana and the Mahabharata. The Ramayana - a Book about an [B]Ideal Man[/B], and how he could best play his various roles like A dutiful Son, A Responsible Monarch, A Husband, A Father A Brother, A Protector and so on. In each of these roles one is shown [B]the ideal [/B] The Mahabharata is a Book that shows [B] The Real Man [/B] - How one could wade through the real world while being on the Right Path. The dangers that lurk in the real world, the compulsions that one is placed in and how it caps the potential of a person are some of the things that find a place in this book. We have heard of the Epics like Homer's Iliad. I do not however whether it is instructive. There are of course The Vedas (Samhitas and the Brahmanas) the Shrutis(~ up to The Upanishads). The Upanishads esp. The Principal 10 are some of the best reads in the world. The Brahma Sutras –I am currently reading Shankara's commentary- a Classic Presentation. I love to read them in the Original Sanskrit. As for my English Reading: One book that impressed me most was: Mister God, This is Anna. If at all I would like to re-read something (in English), it would be this book. There is a book by Sartre called [B] Words [/B]. Now as a language enthusiast I love the way language has been used in this book. Since Jean Paul Sartre was a Frenchman and must have written in French then this book is, if it is a translation- is a classic piece. IMO for a book to be worth being read again and again, it must remain ever fresh and ever relevant. I don't think any of the products of the human imagination would have this quality.

Thomas Sowells "My personal odyssey" is currently my favorite. He had an amazing life, and there is much that can be learned by it.