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The Bhagavad Gita	The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
The Upanishads

The Bhagavad Gita

The Bhagavad Gita (Juan Mascaro)
A clear translation of this classic text with a comprehensive introduction
on the background to the Gita.

The Bhagavad-Gita (R.C.Zaehner)

Bhagavad Gita (Eknath Easwaran)

The Bhagavad Gita (Winthrop Sargeant)

The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi (Mohandas K. Gandhi)

The Upanishads

The Upanishads (Juan Mascaro)
A clear translation of the Upanishads, which contain many insights and
spiritual lessons. Mascaro provides a comprehensive explanation of the
origin and importance of these ancient texts.

The Upanishads (Eknath Easwaran)

The Thirteen Principal Upanishads (Robert Ernest Hume and George C.O. Haas)

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (Sri Swami Satchidananda)
A very accessible and easy to read book. It is based on transcriptions of talks given by Swami Satchidananda. Highly recommended.

How to Know God (Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood)
A highly popular translation of Patanjali's yoga sutras -- arguably the most important text on yoga as it sets out the eight limb path to self-realisation. For many years this was the British Wheel of Yoga's set book on Patanjali. The commentary is extensive and often spiritually inspiring.

An Introduction to Yoga Philosophy
by Ashok Kumar Malhotra
A translation and commentary on Patanjali's yoga sutras. The main body of the book provides a highly readable and clear translation of the yoga sutras. Ashok Kumar Malhotra has been teaching yoga to students in America for 25 years. He currently works for the State University of New York and this book is pitched at the undergraduate level. An intellectually demanding but highly rewarding read.

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The Essence of Yoga (Bernard Bouanchaud)

Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (B.K.S. Iyengar)

The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali (Georg Feuerstein)

Patanjali's Yogasutras (T.K.V. Desikachar)

Yoga Philosophy of Patanjali (Swami Hariharananda Aranya)