Recommended Reading: Yogic Texts, Scriptures & More
/Yogic Texts, Scriptures and Other Must Reads
This reading list is full of some phenomenal heavy hitters -- must reads for anyone who is getting serious about understanding yoga in their lives. The Sutras and Gita are like the manuals for Classical Yoga, and there are LOTS of different translations of these two texts. The others books on the list are full of essential wisdom and light on the path and the huge variety of ways that manifests!
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Translation and Commentary by Swami Satchitananda
The Bhagavad Gita Translation and Commentary by Swami Nikhilananda
The Yoga of the Bhagavad Gita by Sri Krishna Prem
The Ramayana translation by C. Rajagopalachari (or any version)
The Mahabharata by C. Rajagopalachari (or any version)
Self-Knowledge translation by Swami Nikhilananda
Bliss Divine by Swami Sivananda
The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
Raja Yoga by Swami Vivekananda
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Radha: Diary of a Woman's Search by Swami Sivananda Radha
