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- Upanishads (c. 1000 BC)
- Bhagavad Gita (c. 750 BC)
- Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching (c. 600 BC)
- Siddhartha Gautama the Buddha (between 563 and 483 BC), Dhammapada
- The Gospel of Thomas (c. 50 AD)
- Patanjali (between 200 BC and 400 AD) Hindu philosopher, Yoga Sutras
- Nagarjuna (c. 150-250) Telegu philosopher, Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way
- Plotinus (c. 205–270), Greco-Roman philosopher, Enneads
- Huineng (638-713), Chinese Chan monk, Platform Sutra
- Huangbo Xiyun (-850) Chinese Buddhist Chan master
- Rumi (1207-1273), Persian Muslim poet
- Kabir (1440-1518), Indian Muslim-Hindu poet, Bijak
- Ramakrishna (1836-1886) Bengali Hindu mystic, Kathamrita
- Aurobindo (1872-1950) Bengali Hindu mystic, Life Divine, Synthesis of Yoga
