100 books about spirituality from the bookshelf of Steve Jobs

Daniel Kottke was one of the closest friends of Steve Jobs. They met in college before Apple base. Subsequently traveled to India in search of spiritual enlightenment. A few months ago Kottke shared from a list of 100 books that were on the bookshelf Jobs.

Daniel Kottke, like Steve Jobs, attended Reed College. The two students had a lot of common interests: engineering, technology, oriental culture. No wonder that in college, they have become almost best friends. When Kottke was 20 years old and Jobs 19, they went to India to find spiritual enlightenment.

Upon their return, they continued to chat. Kottke helped Jobs and Wozniak to collect the first Apple I computer, and participated in the creation of Apple II, Apple III and the first Macintosh. Kottke and Jobs has maintained friendly relations until Steve's death in 2011. And Daniel was familiar with the tastes of Steve Jobs, in particular with the book.

At Dent Conference, which took place in March this year, Kottke has shared a list of hundreds of your favorite books Jobs. Participant of the conference Ellen Lins

1. «Be here and now"Ram Dass.
2. «Autobiography of a yogi"Paramahansa Yogananda.
3. «Ramakrishna and his disciples"Christopher Isherwood.
4. «cosmic consciousness"Richard Bokk.
5. «Path White Clouds"Lama Govinda.
6. «Meditation in action"Chogyam Trungpa.
7. «The Way of Zen"Alan Watts.
8. «On the road"Jack Kerouac.
9. «Dharma Bums"Jack Kerouac.
10. «Guide to enlightenment for the lazy"Thaddeus Golas.

Some other books have also translated into Russian. Nevertheless, most of them are only available in the English version. Below is the full list.

According to Daniel, many of these works have been instrumental in Steve's life. At the same time reading books different depth. Some Jobs reread several times. Other awarded only a cursory view. But still the number of books that Jobs only read on the subject is impressive.