Shoko Asahara (1988). Supreme Initiation: An Empirical Spiritual Science for the Supreme Truth. AUM USA Inc. ISBN0-945638-00-0. —highlights the main stages of Yogic and Buddhist practice, comparing Yoga-sutra system by Patanjali and the Eightfold Noble Path from Buddhist tradition.
Shoko Asahara (1993). Life and Death. Shizuoka: Aum. —focuses on the process of Kundalini-Yoga, one of the stages in Aum's practice.
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