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Books like The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
The best books like The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are Meditations, The Bhagavad Gita, and Tao Te Ching. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by trans. Sri Swami Satchidananda is about yoga philosophy, mind and consciousness, meditation. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Meditations
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Marcus Aurelius · Philosophy
Meditations is not a book Marcus Aurelius wrote for anyone to read.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
Read the summary → - The Bhagavad Gita
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Anonymous · Religion & Spirituality
The Bhagavad Gita — the Song of the Lord — is an episode embedded in the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata, composed between the 5th and 2nd centuries BCE.
Both dig into liberation.
Read the summary → - Tao Te Ching
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Laozi · Philosophy
The Tao Te Ching is one of the most translated texts in world literature and the foundational scripture of Taoism.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
Read the summary → - The Miracle of Mindfulness
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Thich Nhat Hanh · Religion & Spirituality
The Miracle of Mindfulness is Thich Nhat Hanh's introduction to mindfulness practice, originally written in Vietnamese as a letter to a fellow monk.
Both dig into meditation.
Read the summary → - Siddhartha
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Hermann Hesse · Religion & Spirituality
Siddhartha is Hermann Hesse's 1922 novel of spiritual seeking, written at a time when Hesse was deeply studying Buddhist and Hindu texts.
A kindred religion & spirituality read.
Read the summary → - Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom
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Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom
Joseph Goldstein · Religion & Spirituality
Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom is Joseph Goldstein's distillation of vipassana — the Theravada Buddhist practice of direct investigation into the nature of mind and experience.
Shares meditation and liberation with The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
Read the summary → - The Dhammapada
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Anonymous · Religion & Spirituality
The Dhammapada — Path of Truth or Path of the Dhamma — is the most widely read canonical Buddhist text in the world, a collection of 423 verses attributed to the Buddha and compiled from the Pali Canon.
Shares liberation and ethics with The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
Read the summary → - The Cost of Discipleship
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer · Religion & Spirituality
The Cost of Discipleship was published in Germany in 1937, four years after Hitler came to power and two years after Bonhoeffer had taken over the underground seminary at Finkenwalde.
Both dig into ethics.
Read the summary → - The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
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The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
Sam Harris · Religion & Spirituality
The End of Faith was written in the weeks following the September 11 attacks and published in 2004.
Both dig into ethics.
Read the summary → - The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
Sogyal Rinpoche · Religion & Spirituality
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying is Sogyal Rinpoche's comprehensive introduction to the Tibetan Buddhist understanding of death and the dying process, written for a Western audience unfamiliar with the tradition.
Both dig into liberation.
Read the summary → - The Untethered Soul
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Michael A. Singer · Religion & Spirituality
The Untethered Soul is Michael Singer's guide to liberation through the direct investigation of consciousness — specifically, the question of who or what is aware of the constant stream of thoughts, emotions, and sensations that constitute ordinary experience.
Both dig into liberation.
Read the summary → - Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Sam Harris · Religion & Spirituality
Waking Up is Sam Harris' argument that the insights of contemplative traditions — particularly Buddhism's claim that the sense of self is an illusion — can be separated from religious metaphysics and investigated directly through meditation and introspection.
Both dig into meditation.
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Books like The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: quick answers
What are the best books like The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali?
The best books like The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by trans. Sri Swami Satchidananda are Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, The Bhagavad Gita by Anonymous, Tao Te Ching by Laozi, The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, such as yoga philosophy, mind and consciousness, meditation.
What should I read after The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali?
A natural next read after The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali is Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. A kindred religion & spirituality read. Other strong choices are The Bhagavad Gita by Anonymous, Tao Te Ching by Laozi, The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh.
What books are similar to The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali by trans. Sri Swami Satchidananda?
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali centers on yoga philosophy, mind and consciousness, meditation. Books with a similar feel include Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, The Bhagavad Gita by Anonymous, Tao Te Ching by Laozi, The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Insight Meditation: The Practice of Freedom by Joseph Goldstein — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
