Om Yoga: Its Theory and Practice — Discover the world of meditation: a complete, in-depth book on the practice of Om Yoga Meditation, the most ancient and authentic method of meditation in Hinduism. – by Swami Nirmalananda Giri. Newly revised. Including added information about the use of sound and breath in meditation. Read the book online or download it as a PDF file.

Bhagavad Gita–The Book of Life — In the Gita, Krishna outlines to Arjuna the way to live an entire life so as to gain perfect self-knowledge and self-mastery. This text of the Gita is arranged according to the meter of the original Sanskrit text so it can be sung–as it is done every morning in our ashram and in most of the ashrams of India. — English Translation by Swami Nirmalananda Giri. Read the book online or download it as a PDF file. Also, you can read a practical Commentary on the Gita.

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Light on the Path Commentary—In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, an Englishwoman named Mabel Collins was inspired to record teachings on the beginnings of the spiritual quest in a small book called Light On The Path. She did not consider herself the author but only the transmitter. Therefore she insisted that the title page say: “Written down by M. C.”

In Swami Nirmalananda's commentary on Light On The Path we will be carefully analyzing her inspired transcription, for those who would make the Great journey must know both the path and how to travel upon it. Read the Commentary on Light On The Path.

Buddha's Thoughts on Evil—from the Dhammapada.These thirteen verses are entitled “Evil” in the Dhammapada text. It is as important to know how to deal with evil as to cultivate the good, as Buddha reveals to us. Read Buddha's words from the Dhammapada and Swami Nirmalananda's commentary.

The most famous Yogi of India was not Patanjali. Students of Indian philosophy naturally think of Patanjali whenever the subject of Yoga arises, but in actuality the most famous and influential yogi of India was/is the sage Goraknath (or Gorakshanath), although little was known of him in the West until the middle of the twentieth century.

We now have two important documents on our site regarding the philosophy of this Master of Yoga: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Goraknath, and the PDF text of Akshaya Kumar Banerjea's important work, The Philosophy of Gorakhnath.