Further information

If you would like to know more about Subud you can
search more on the internet; order a book, or borrow one from your nearest library or Subud group (n.b. not available in all groups); or contact your local group and ask to speak to a Subud helper (more experienced member).

Internet
Information about Subud on this site, which you may have missed includes:
- Information about the latihan
- Accounts of members’ experiences in Subud
- The origins of Subud and first experiences of the founder

For further information about Subud outside this site, visit:
http://www.whatissubud.net/whatissubud/
http://www.subud.net/what.shtml
http://www.subud.org/english/index.html
http://www.subudboston.org/WhatisSubud.htm

Books
If you would like to read more about Subud you can order a book from Subud Publications International by emailing spi@subudbooks.co.uk, or from Amazon at www.amazon.co.uk. Books about Subud may also be available to borrow from some Subud groups and public libraries. The linked books below may be useful and are available for free download at http://www.subud.net/booksonline.shtml. Other books listed are available to buy (see below for more details).

Special Assignment: A Subud Trilogy
by Varindra Tarzie Vittachi
Description:
Varindra Vittachi was, for most of his working life, a hard-bitten news reporter who gained a world reputation for his fearless campaigning against injustice, and his championing of issues of world poverty and its ecological consequences. He was deeply concerned with the need for change at all levels in human life: political, economic, social and, in particular, spiritual. The books in this combined trilogy form an account of his experiences in Subud, and the valuable lessons he learned from Bapak Muhammad Subuh and through the latihan. Varindra Vittachi was Assistant Secretary General of Unicef and chairman of the World Subud Association until his death in 1993. After his death a headline in The Guardian called him a 'genius of communication and nobility.'
A good part of what he tried to communicate can be found in the pages of A Special Assignment.
ISBN 1 86982 269 2
UK £10.00
Europe £10.75
Other £12.50

Subud
by Robert Lyle
Description
This is a straightforward introduction to Subud, using wherever possible the words of its founder. The early chapters recount the beginnings of Subud and the dissemination of the latihan throughout the world. Robert Lyle then examines the bearing of the latihan on various spheres of human life: the relations between man and woman, children, education, work and money, politics, charitable activity, culture and religion.
ISBN 0 907728 01 4
UK £4.50
Europe £5.00
Other £6.50

Meaning of Subud
by Muhammad-Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo
Description
The essence of Subud is conveyed in four concise, lucid talks by its founder. He shows how the Subud latihan is in accordance with the great religious traditions of mankind yet also in conformity with the special conditions of our present era; then how the soul or inner content of a person falls almost inevitably into a sub-human condition, and how the latihan works to restore its true humanity. His final talk, giving practical advice, even conveys some idea of what it is like to do the Subud latihan, to the reader who has not had direct experience.
ISBN 1 869822 12 9
UK £3.95
Europe £4.50
Other £5.00

Autobiography: The History of Bapak R.M.Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo, (Founder of Subud). Translator: Raymond Lee.
Description
Muhammad Subuh Sumohadiwidjojo (Bapak), the founder of Subud, was born in Java in 1901 and died there in 1987. In 1924, at Semarang in East Java, he received from God a way of inner purification and guidance known as the latihan (Indonesian for exercise or training) which, he came to realize, was not something for himself alone, but could be passed on to anyone who wished for it. Published on the thousandth day after his death, this autobiography is Bapaks brief, essential account of the history of his journey in developing the Subud latihan.
ISBN 1 869822 07 2
UK £6.95
Europe £7.25
Other £8.00

Subud is a Way of Life
by Harlinah Longcroft
Description
As the official historian of Subud, and as a witness to some important phases of its development, Harlinah Longcroft has had unique access to a wealth of fact and anecdote in writing this introduction. This is a concise account of the essential details of the Subud movement: its history, aims, content and outward form. The book gives a flavour of what is possible through the latihan.
ISBN 1 869822 06 4
UK £4.50
Europe £4.75
Other £5.25

Living Religion in Subud
by Matthew Barry Sullivan
Description
In this book, practising Christians, Jews and Muslims tell why they are also members of Subud, and how the Subud latihan has brought home to them the living reality of their own, or their chosen, religion. Their evidences are prefaced by an introduction, in which the editor gives his personal experience of Subud together with an overview of its history and approach to social, cultural, economic and other issues. Following this are some thirty extracts from Bapak's talks, dealing with the main theme of the book.
ISBN 0 907728 05 7
UK £7.95
Europe £8.25
Other £9.50

The Man from the East
by Istimah Week
Description
A memoir of Pak Subuh (Bapak) - the original source of the Subud spiritual exercise, the latihan, with extracts from his talks and explanations. The author, a Chilean, who knew Pak Subuh from 1959 to his death in 1987, describes her own experiences as a Catholic who, with her family, lived in Java with Pak Subuh and travelled with him, at times acting as his interpreter into Spanish. It is an intimate account of the difficulties, surprises and joys of the author's own spiritual development. The personal story of a process of purification, growth of consciousness, and an increasing awareness of inner guidance, that will be of great interest to all followers of the spiritual path.
ISBN 0 533 11698 8
UK £11.00
Europe £11.75
Other £13.50

All of these books can be ordered through Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk
http://www.amazon.com

or from:

Subud Publications International Ltd (SPI)

Groups
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