32 Books like The Ancient Science of Mantras

The Hidden Power of Gayatri Mantra

by Om Swami • 2019

A single Vedic mantra to dissolve mental blocks and sharpen intuition, from a Himalayan monk.

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🕉️ Mantra Meditation 📜 Vedic Wisdom 🎵 Sound Meditation 🧘 Sadhana 🏔️ Himalayan Lineage

The Hidden Power of Gayatri Mantra Summary

The Hidden Power of Gayatri Mantra 98%

A single Vedic mantra to dissolve mental blocks and sharpen intuition, from a Himalayan monk.

by Om Swami 2019

4.42

681 ratings

🕉️ Mantra Meditation 📜 Vedic Wisdom 🎵 Sound Meditation 🧘 Sadhana 🏔️ Himalayan Lineage

The Legend of the Goddess

by Om Swami • 2024

An ancient Vedic hymn embodies the goddess of fortune. This is the sonic key.

4.81

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📜 Vedic Spirituality 🕉️ Hindu Scripture 📿 Mantra Meditation 🐍 Kundalini Awakening ⚡ Shaktism

The Legend of the Goddess 98%

An ancient Vedic hymn embodies the goddess of fortune. This is the sonic key.

by Om Swami 2024

4.81

296 ratings

📜 Vedic Spirituality 🕉️ Hindu Scripture 📿 Mantra Meditation 🐍 Kundalini Awakening ⚡ Shaktism

Kundalini -- An Untold Story

by Om Swami • 2016

A Himalayan mystic's direct path to awakening the energy coiled at your spine, chakra by chakra.

4.37

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🧘 Kundalini Yoga 🌀 Chakra Healing 🏔️ Himalayan Yoga Tradition ॐ Tantric Traditions 💡 Spiritual Awakening

Kundalini -- An Untold Story 97%

A Himalayan mystic's direct path to awakening the energy coiled at your spine, chakra by chakra.

by Om Swami 2016

4.37

2k+ ratings

🧘 Kundalini Yoga 🌀 Chakra Healing 🏔️ Himalayan Yoga Tradition ॐ Tantric Traditions 💡 Spiritual Awakening

Shiva Sutras

by Sukhabodhananda • 2008

Shiva is a state of consciousness, not a deity. The ancient sutras for inhabiting it yourself.

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🕉️ Hindu Philosophy 🌊 Nonduality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🕯️ Mantra Meditation 🧹 Inner Cleansing

Shiva Sutras 97%

Shiva is a state of consciousness, not a deity. The ancient sutras for inhabiting it yourself.

by Sukhabodhananda 2008

4.38

125 ratings

🕉️ Hindu Philosophy 🌊 Nonduality 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🕯️ Mantra Meditation 🧹 Inner Cleansing

Take Your Time

by Eknath Easwaran • 1994

Hurry promised more hours; it delivered less. The practice that reclaims the time your mind steals.

4.31

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🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 📜 Wisdom Traditions 🐌 Slow Living 🧠 Mind Training 🔔 Mantra Practice

Take Your Time 96%

Hurry promised more hours; it delivered less. The practice that reclaims the time your mind steals.

by Eknath Easwaran 1994

4.31

593 ratings

🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 📜 Wisdom Traditions 🐌 Slow Living 🧠 Mind Training 🔔 Mantra Practice

On the Way to Krishna

by A.C. Bhaktivedanta • 1984

Joy is not in matter. The soul's shortcut home is a single mantra: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

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🧘 Bhakti Yoga 🕉️ Gaudiya Vaishnavism 🔁 Mantra Meditation 📜 Vedic Wisdom 🛐 Surrender To God

On the Way to Krishna 96%

Joy is not in matter. The soul's shortcut home is a single mantra: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

by A.C. Bhaktivedanta 1984

4.51

294 ratings

🧘 Bhakti Yoga 🕉️ Gaudiya Vaishnavism 🔁 Mantra Meditation 📜 Vedic Wisdom 🛐 Surrender To God

A Manual Of Self Unfoldment

by Chinmayananda • 1993

The mind's hidden tendencies dictate your life: a systematic method from Vedanta for uprooting them.

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🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🧠 Mind Training 🌱 Inner Transformation 🔍 Self Inquiry 🧘 Meditation Practice

A Manual Of Self Unfoldment 96%

The mind's hidden tendencies dictate your life: a systematic method from Vedanta for uprooting them.

by Chinmayananda 1993

4.54

184 ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🧠 Mind Training 🌱 Inner Transformation 🔍 Self Inquiry 🧘 Meditation Practice

The Supreme Art and Science of Raja and Kriya Yoga

by Stephen Sturgess • 2015

Ancient yogic science for self-realization: train your mind with breath, posture, and concentration.

4.08

🧘 Yoga Philosophy 🧘‍♂️ Meditation Practices ⚡ Energy Anatomy 🐍 Kundalini Awakening 💨 Breathwork

The Supreme Art and Science of Raja and Kriya Yoga Summary

The Supreme Art and Science of Raja and Kriya Yoga 96%

Ancient yogic science for self-realization: train your mind with breath, posture, and concentration.

by Stephen Sturgess 2015

4.08

13 ratings

🧘 Yoga Philosophy 🧘‍♂️ Meditation Practices ⚡ Energy Anatomy 🐍 Kundalini Awakening 💨 Breathwork

Kundalini Awakening

by John Selby • 1992

Dormant energy at the spine: breath, mantra, and mandala methods to unblock seven inner centers.

4.03

125

🧘 Kundalini Yoga 🌀 Chakra Healing ⚡ Energy Work 🌬️ Breathwork 🕉️ Mantra Meditation

Kundalini Awakening 96%

Dormant energy at the spine: breath, mantra, and mandala methods to unblock seven inner centers.

by John Selby 1992

4.03

125 ratings

🧘 Kundalini Yoga 🌀 Chakra Healing ⚡ Energy Work 🌬️ Breathwork 🕉️ Mantra Meditation

The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali

by Satchidananda

Two thousand years before yoga pants, Patanjali wrote the manual for ending mental turmoil.

4.38

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📜 Sacred Texts 🧘 Yoga Philosophy 🕉️ Indian Philosophy 🧠 Mind Training 🪷 Meditation Practice

The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali 96%

Two thousand years before yoga pants, Patanjali wrote the manual for ending mental turmoil.

by Satchidananda

4.38

13k+ ratings

📜 Sacred Texts 🧘 Yoga Philosophy 🕉️ Indian Philosophy 🧠 Mind Training 🪷 Meditation Practice

Be Here Now

by Ram Dass • 1971

Psychedelics open the door. Meditation, mantra, and surrender walk you through it.

4.34

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🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🧘 Yogic Philosophy 🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality 🔔 Meditation Practice 💀 Conscious Dying

Be Here Now 96%

Psychedelics open the door. Meditation, mantra, and surrender walk you through it.

by Ram Dass 1971

4.34

44k+ ratings

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🧘 Yogic Philosophy 🍄 Psychedelic Spirituality 🔔 Meditation Practice 💀 Conscious Dying

Tantra

by Georg Feuerstein • 1998

Tantra saw the body not as a cage but as a vehicle; sex not as sin but as fuel.

3.99

515

🧘 Tantric Philosophy 🛕 Hindu Mysticism 📜 Indian Philosophy ❤️ Sacred Sexuality 🐍 Kundalini Yoga

Tantra 96%

Tantra saw the body not as a cage but as a vehicle; sex not as sin but as fuel.

by Georg Feuerstein 1998

3.99

515 ratings

🧘 Tantric Philosophy 🛕 Hindu Mysticism 📜 Indian Philosophy ❤️ Sacred Sexuality 🐍 Kundalini Yoga

Deep Meditation - Pathway to Personal Freedom

by Yogani • 2005

A mantra practice that develops inner silence and a witnessing awareness unshaken by daily life.

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🕉️ Mantra Meditation 🧘 Effortless Meditation 👁️ Witnessing Awareness 🔥 Inner Purification ☯️ Nondual Meditation

Deep Meditation - Pathway to Personal Freedom Summary

Deep Meditation - Pathway to Personal Freedom 95%

A mantra practice that develops inner silence and a witnessing awareness unshaken by daily life.

by Yogani 2005

4.20

518 ratings

🕉️ Mantra Meditation 🧘 Effortless Meditation 👁️ Witnessing Awareness 🔥 Inner Purification ☯️ Nondual Meditation

Transcendental Meditation

by Jack Forem • 1973

One effortless meditation that restores the body, sharpens the brain, and reverses biological aging.

3.62

356

🕉️ Mantra Meditation 📜 Vedic Traditions 🧘 Stress Relief 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌱 Self-Actualization

Transcendental Meditation 95%

One effortless meditation that restores the body, sharpens the brain, and reverses biological aging.

by Jack Forem 1973

3.62

356 ratings

🕉️ Mantra Meditation 📜 Vedic Traditions 🧘 Stress Relief 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🌱 Self-Actualization

Tantra Illuminated

by Christopher D. Wallis • 2011

Tantra before the sex craze: a rigorous path for recognizing you are already divine.

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795

🕉️ Classical Tantra 📜 Kashmir Shaivism ☯️ Nonduality 🧘 Tantric Yoga 📿 Yoga Philosophy

Tantra Illuminated 95%

Tantra before the sex craze: a rigorous path for recognizing you are already divine.

by Christopher D. Wallis 2011

4.53

795 ratings

🕉️ Classical Tantra 📜 Kashmir Shaivism ☯️ Nonduality 🧘 Tantric Yoga 📿 Yoga Philosophy

The Teachings of Bhagavad Gita

by Richa Tilokani • 2021

Your therapist's questions, answered on a battlefield two millennia ago.

4.75

🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy 📜 Hindu Scripture 🌏 Eastern Spirituality 🧘 Practical Spirituality 👐 Selfless Action

The Teachings of Bhagavad Gita 95%

Your therapist's questions, answered on a battlefield two millennia ago.

by Richa Tilokani 2021

4.75

4 ratings

🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy 📜 Hindu Scripture 🌏 Eastern Spirituality 🧘 Practical Spirituality 👐 Selfless Action

How to Be Happy All the Time

by Paramahansa Yogananda • 2006

The yogic route to unshakeable joy: not circumstances, not achievement, but a daily inner practice.

4.34

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🧘 Yogic Philosophy 🙏 Spiritual Self-Help 😊 Inner Happiness ⚖️ Even-Mindedness 🧘‍♀️ Meditation Practice

How to Be Happy All the Time 95%

The yogic route to unshakeable joy: not circumstances, not achievement, but a daily inner practice.

by Paramahansa Yogananda 2006

4.34

556 ratings

🧘 Yogic Philosophy 🙏 Spiritual Self-Help 😊 Inner Happiness ⚖️ Even-Mindedness 🧘‍♀️ Meditation Practice

A Woman's Guide to Tantra Yoga

by Vimala McClure • 2012

A woman's Tantra: the chakras, breathwork, and daily ethics most yoga classes leave out.

4.05

🧘 Yoga Philosophy 🕉️ Tantric Tradition 🌀 Chakra Healing 🌬️ Breathwork Practices 🧎 Meditation For Beginners

A Woman's Guide to Tantra Yoga 95%

A woman's Tantra: the chakras, breathwork, and daily ethics most yoga classes leave out.

by Vimala McClure 2012

4.05

19 ratings

🧘 Yoga Philosophy 🕉️ Tantric Tradition 🌀 Chakra Healing 🌬️ Breathwork Practices 🧎 Meditation For Beginners

Kriya Yoga

by Nayaswami Devarshi • 2023

A spine-based yoga that transmutes emotion into spiritual fuel, and the commitment that unlocks it.

4.42

🧘 Yogic Spirituality ⚡ Energy Work 🧠 Meditation Practice 🔥 Emotional Alchemy 🕉️ Guru Guidance

Kriya Yoga 95%

A spine-based yoga that transmutes emotion into spiritual fuel, and the commitment that unlocks it.

by Nayaswami Devarshi 2023

4.42

19 ratings

🧘 Yogic Spirituality ⚡ Energy Work 🧠 Meditation Practice 🔥 Emotional Alchemy 🕉️ Guru Guidance

The Four-Way Path

by Héctor García • 2022

Ancient India divided a good life into four pursuits. Most of us stop at two.

3.64

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🕉️ Indian Philosophy ☸️ Eastern Spirituality 🌿 Holistic Living 🧭 Life Purpose 🌬️ Breathwork

The Four-Way Path 95%

Ancient India divided a good life into four pursuits. Most of us stop at two.

by Héctor García 2022

3.64

719 ratings

🕉️ Indian Philosophy ☸️ Eastern Spirituality 🌿 Holistic Living 🧭 Life Purpose 🌬️ Breathwork

Inner Engineering

by Sadhguru • 2016

Joy is the default state of a properly tuned human being. The tuning instructions are here.

4.19

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🧘 Yogic Science 🌱 Inner Transformation 🤲 Conscious Response 🧠 Mind Mastery 🧎 Meditation Techniques

Inner Engineering 95%

Joy is the default state of a properly tuned human being. The tuning instructions are here.

by Sadhguru 2016

4.19

21k+ ratings

🧘 Yogic Science 🌱 Inner Transformation 🤲 Conscious Response 🧠 Mind Mastery 🧎 Meditation Techniques

Doorways to Light

by Krishnananda Trobe • 2006

Hidden sages have guided humanity for two billion years. A Golden Age began in 1974.

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🌌 Vedic Cosmology 🔱 Hindu Mysticism 🧘 Meditation Practice ✨ Astral Travel 🔄 Karma And Reincarnation

Doorways to Light 95%

Hidden sages have guided humanity for two billion years. A Golden Age began in 1974.

by Krishnananda Trobe 2006

4.28

160 ratings

🌌 Vedic Cosmology 🔱 Hindu Mysticism 🧘 Meditation Practice ✨ Astral Travel 🔄 Karma And Reincarnation

Chakra Healing for Vibrant Energy

by Michelle S. Fondin • 2018

Balance your seven chakras with yoga, breathwork, and Ayurvedic remedies for lasting energy.

3.93

💫 Chakra Healing 🔮 Energy Healing 🌿 Ayurvedic Medicine 🕉️ Vedic Tradition 🧘 Yoga And Meditation

Chakra Healing for Vibrant Energy Summary

Chakra Healing for Vibrant Energy 95%

Balance your seven chakras with yoga, breathwork, and Ayurvedic remedies for lasting energy.

by Michelle S. Fondin 2018

3.93

55 ratings

💫 Chakra Healing 🔮 Energy Healing 🌿 Ayurvedic Medicine 🕉️ Vedic Tradition 🧘 Yoga And Meditation

Sadhguru

by Arundhathi Subramaniam • 2010

A skeptic's path to guruhood: yoga as energy technology, ecstasy as a human capacity.

4.45

1k+

🧘‍♂️ Modern Gurus 🕉️ Contemporary Spirituality ✨ Experiential Spirituality ⚡ Energy Practices ❓ Questioning Dogma

Sadhguru 95%

A skeptic's path to guruhood: yoga as energy technology, ecstasy as a human capacity.

by Arundhathi Subramaniam 2010

4.45

1k+ ratings

🧘‍♂️ Modern Gurus 🕉️ Contemporary Spirituality ✨ Experiential Spirituality ⚡ Energy Practices ❓ Questioning Dogma

Meditation

by Osho • 1992

Sitting still can drive you crazy. One master's argument for dancing your way to silence.

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🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 💃 Active Meditation ☯️ Non-Dual Awareness 🐍 Kundalini Awakening 🧘 Yoga Philosophy

Meditation 95%

Sitting still can drive you crazy. One master's argument for dancing your way to silence.

by Osho 1992

4.11

245 ratings

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 💃 Active Meditation ☯️ Non-Dual Awareness 🐍 Kundalini Awakening 🧘 Yoga Philosophy

Advanced Yoga Practices - Easy Lessons for Ecstatic Living

by Yogani • 2004

Enlightenment treated as a biological process, fueled by your breath, nervous system, and sexuality.

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🧘 Kundalini Awakening 🕉️ Tantric Yoga 🔮 Mantra Meditation ❤️‍🔥 Sexual Energy Cultivation 🧭 Self-Directed Practice

Advanced Yoga Practices - Easy Lessons for Ecstatic Living Summary

Advanced Yoga Practices - Easy Lessons for Ecstatic Living 95%

Enlightenment treated as a biological process, fueled by your breath, nervous system, and sexuality.

by Yogani 2004

4.28

106 ratings

🧘 Kundalini Awakening 🕉️ Tantric Yoga 🔮 Mantra Meditation ❤️‍🔥 Sexual Energy Cultivation 🧭 Self-Directed Practice

Celebrating Silence [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

by Ravi Shankar • 2001

Why celebration and silence are the same path: a modern master dissolves the oldest spiritual split.

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🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🙏 Bhakti Yoga 🧘 Guru Yoga 🤲 Selfless Service 🤫 Silence And Meditation

Celebrating Silence [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Summary

Celebrating Silence [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] H. H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar 95%

Why celebration and silence are the same path: a modern master dissolves the oldest spiritual split.

by Ravi Shankar 2001

4.61

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🙏 Bhakti Yoga 🧘 Guru Yoga 🤲 Selfless Service 🤫 Silence And Meditation

The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda as Remembered by His Disciple

by Paramahansa Yogananda • 1955

Your spine is the battlefield. Yogananda's science of the Gita as an inner war.

4.35

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🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy 📖 Gita Commentary 🧘 Yoga Philosophy ⚡ Karma Yoga 🌀 Raja Yoga

The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda as Remembered by His Disciple Summary

The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita Explained by Paramhansa Yogananda as Remembered by His Disciple 95%

Your spine is the battlefield. Yogananda's science of the Gita as an inner war.

by Paramahansa Yogananda 1955

4.35

449 ratings

🕉️ Vedantic Philosophy 📖 Gita Commentary 🧘 Yoga Philosophy ⚡ Karma Yoga 🌀 Raja Yoga

Awakening Shakti

by Sally Kempton • 2013

Eleven Tantric goddesses as inner energies: activate them for courage, abundance, and liberation.

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1k+

🕉️ Tantra 🏛️ Goddess Archetypes 🔥 Divine Feminine 🛕 Hindu Goddesses 🧘 Yoga Philosophy

Awakening Shakti 95%

Eleven Tantric goddesses as inner energies: activate them for courage, abundance, and liberation.

by Sally Kempton 2013

4.39

1k+ ratings

🕉️ Tantra 🏛️ Goddess Archetypes 🔥 Divine Feminine 🛕 Hindu Goddesses 🧘 Yoga Philosophy

Be As You Are

by Ramana Maharshi • 1985

Your sense of being a separate self is a projection. One question, asked inward, can dissolve it.

4.28

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🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🌊 Non-Dual Teachings 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🕊️ Spiritual Surrender 📜 Eastern Philosophy

Be As You Are 95%

Your sense of being a separate self is a projection. One question, asked inward, can dissolve it.

by Ramana Maharshi 1985

4.28

3k+ ratings

🕉️ Advaita Vedanta 🌊 Non-Dual Teachings 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🕊️ Spiritual Surrender 📜 Eastern Philosophy

Living with the Himalayan Masters

by Swami Rama • 1899

A young yogi among Himalayan sages: their miracles test you, and even their curses are teachings.

4.19

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🏔️ Himalayan Spirituality 🧘 Yogic Philosophy 🧵 Master Disciple Bond ✨ Spiritual Experience 🌀 Maya And Illusion

Living with the Himalayan Masters Summary

Living with the Himalayan Masters 95%

A young yogi among Himalayan sages: their miracles test you, and even their curses are teachings.

by Swami Rama 1899

4.19

5k+ ratings

🏔️ Himalayan Spirituality 🧘 Yogic Philosophy 🧵 Master Disciple Bond ✨ Spiritual Experience 🌀 Maya And Illusion

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga

by Deepak Chopra • 2004

Seven daily principles that turn yoga from stretching into a life aligned with the universe.

4.08

2k+

🧘 Yoga Philosophy 🕉️ Vedic Wisdom 🌬️ Breathwork 🧠 Meditation Practice 🔗 Mind-Body Connection

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga Summary

The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga 95%

Seven daily principles that turn yoga from stretching into a life aligned with the universe.

by Deepak Chopra 2004

4.08

2k+ ratings

🧘 Yoga Philosophy 🕉️ Vedic Wisdom 🌬️ Breathwork 🧠 Meditation Practice 🔗 Mind-Body Connection

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