Books & the magazine · The printed wing of the archive

The same teaching, set in type.

Alongside the lecture hall, Swamiji has always written. Fifty-four books — the scriptures taught whole, the practice explained plainly, the daily questions answered — and the Foundation's magazine, kept issue by issue.

Fifty-four books. Take one down.

The books do what the lectures do — teach the scriptures whole, and answer the questions people actually carry — but at a reader's pace, with the page holding still. Browse by what is on your mind; each entry names its subject the way the catalog does.

  • Cover of Mysticism of the Ramayana by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Scripture · The Ramayana

    Swamiji's commentary on the Ramayana, reading Rama's story as the soul's journey toward Self-realization.

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  • Cover of Mysticism of the Mahabharata by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Scripture · The Mahabharata

    Swamiji's commentary on the great epic, tracing its battles and characters as inner, spiritual struggles.

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  • Cover of Mysticism of Srimad Bhagavatam by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Scripture · The Bhagavatam

    Swamiji's commentary on the Bhagavatam, the scripture of divine stories and devotion.

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  • Cover of Mysticism of Devi Mahatmya (Worship of God as Mother) by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Scripture · Worship of God as Mother

    Swamiji's commentary on the Devi Mahatmya, the scripture devoted to worship of the Divine Mother.

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  • Cover of Mysticism of Hindu Gods and Goddesses by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Scripture · The deities

    Swamiji's commentary on the symbolism and inner meaning behind the Hindu deities.

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  • Cover of Wisdom of the Upanishads by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Scripture · The Upanishads

    Swamiji's teaching on the Upanishads, the philosophical core of Vedanta.

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  • Cover of Yoga Vasistha Book One by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Scripture · Vedanta

    The first volume of Swamiji's rendering of the Yoga Vasistha, the scripture he has taught longest.

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  • Cover of Yoga Vasistha – Book Two by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Scripture · Vedanta

    The second volume, continuing the Yoga Vasistha's teaching on the nature of mind and liberation.

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  • Cover of Sri Hanuman Chaleesa by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Scripture · Devotion

    Swamiji's commentary on the Hanuman Chaleesa, the devotional hymn to Hanuman.

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  • Cover of Hardcover Raja Yoga by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Practice · Meditation

    Swamiji's teaching on Raja Yoga, the classical eight-limbed path of meditation.

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  • Cover of Hardcover Applied Yoga by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Practice · Daily practice

    Swamiji's guidance on carrying yogic principles into everyday action and work.

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  • Cover of Kundalini Yoga by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Practice · Kundalini

    Swamiji's teaching on Kundalini Yoga and the subtle energy centers of practice.

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  • Cover of Concentration and Meditation by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Practice · Meditation

    Swamiji's instruction on training attention, from the first sitting onward.

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  • Cover of Yoga Exercises for Health and Happiness by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Practice · Asana

    Swamiji's guide to yoga postures and exercises for physical health and well-being.

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  • Cover of Integral Yoga Today by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Practice · Integral Yoga

    Swamiji's presentation of Integral Yoga — the combined path of knowledge, devotion, action, and meditation.

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  • Cover of Yoga Secrets of Psychic Powers by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Practice · Psychic powers

    Swamiji's teaching on the psychic powers described in classical yoga, and their place in practice.

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  • Cover of Hardcover Mysteries of the Mind by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Vedanta · The mind

    Swamiji's exploration of the mind's workings, from a Vedantic point of view.

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  • Cover of Waking, Dream and Deep Sleep by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Vedanta · States of consciousness

    Swamiji's teaching on the three ordinary states of consciousness and what underlies them.

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  • Cover of Death and Reincarnation by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Vedanta · Mortality

    What the scriptures say about dying, and what does not die — directly, and without dread.

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  • Cover of The Art of Positive Feeling by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Vedanta · The emotions

    Swamiji's teaching on feeling and emotion, and turning them toward a positive, spiritual direction.

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  • Cover of Mystic Poems for Meditation by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Vedanta · Poetry

    A collection of Swamiji's devotional and mystic poems, meant for meditative reading.

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  • Cover of Sex-Sublimation, Truth and Nonviolence by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Daily life · Ethics

    Swamiji's teaching on sublimating desire and living by truth and nonviolence in daily life.

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  • Cover of From Swamiji's Kitchen – Recipe Book by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Daily life · Food

    A collection of recipes from Swamiji's own kitchen, offered in the spirit of the ashram's daily life.

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  • Cover of Dios te Canta el Bhagavad Guita (Spanish) by Swami Jyotirmayananda
    Daily life · Spanish edition

    Swamiji's teaching on the Bhagavad Gita, in a Spanish-language edition.

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These 24 titles are currently kept in print and sold through the Foundation's shop; further titles among Swamiji's fifty-four books are available there as digital downloads.

Obtaining the books

Every title above is sold direct from the Foundation's own shop.

The books are published and kept in print by the Foundation and sold through its online shop. Browse the full catalog there, or write and call if you'd rather order by phone or email.

A teaching that arrives monthly, and a shelf of them behind it.

The Foundation has published its magazine issue by issue for decades — Swamiji's writing, ongoing scripture lessons, and the community's record, bound volume by volume. Look inside first; subscribing comes after.

International Yoga Guide

The monthly magazine of the Yoga Research Foundation

  1. A teaching by SwamijiHis own writing leads every issue — printed as written, never condensed
  2. The scripture lesson, continuedAn ongoing study that carries month to month, the way the lecture series do
  3. Instruction in practiceMeditation and the disciplines of daily sadhana, taught plainly
  4. From the FoundationThe classes, the community, and the work of keeping the archive
See the magazine

The sample is a complete past issue, free to read — so you know exactly what arrives before you subscribe.

The subscription

Read it monthly. Keep the whole shelf.

A subscription is the reading room delivered: each new issue as it is published, and the digitized volumes behind it.

  • Every new issue, the month it is published.
  • The digital archive — bound volumes of past issues, readable online.
  • The continuing lessons — pick up any running scripture study from its first installment.
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Every book on this shelf was taught aloud first.

The lectures and the pages are one teaching in two forms. If you would rather hear it before you read it, the catalog of recordings is open — and newcomers are handed one chosen week, not twelve thousand hours.

Browse the recorded teachings · or begin with A First Week with Swamiji — seven lectures.