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Yoga Tattwa Upaniṣad is Volume 2 in the Yoga Upaniṣad series. Volume 1 is Yoga Chudamani, commentary by Swami Satyadharma, published by Yoga Publications Trust in 2003.Yoga Tattwa Upaniṣad is an ancient treatise of 142 verses which deals with the philosophy, systems and practices of yoga. It is a significant integration of Vedānta and Tantra, expounding important topics such as mantra yoga, laya yoga, haṭha yoga, raja yoga, and the four stages of yoga. The text discusses particular practices of yoga: nāḍīśodhan prāṇāyāma, kumbhaka, bandhas, mahāvedha, khecarī mudra, viparītakaraṇī mudra, vajrolī mudra, and amarolī. It further discusses the five tattwas, or elements of creation: earth, water, fire, air and ether, and provides detailed instructions on how to meditate upon and realize these elements and their associated powers.Included in the text are the original Sanskrit verses, transliteration, word meanings and translation by Ruth Perini, as well as a comprehensive commentary by Swami Satyadharma Saraswati.

Yoga Kundali Upanishad is Volume 4 in the Yoga Upanishad series.Yoga Kundali Upanishad is arranged in three parts. Chapter one contains the yogic physiology of kuṇḍalinī and the requisite disciplines necessary to undertake her activation and awakening. Chapter two contains an exposition of the important practices of khecarī mudrā and sūtra neti. Chapter three contains more specific instructions on how to maintain a higher sādhana, including meditation practices on sound and Soham, on the ātman, spontaneous jñāna yoga, and merging with the ātman. Finally the master tells how to become a supreme yogī. Included in the text are the original Sanskrit verses, transliteration, word meanings, translation by Ruth Perini (Srimukti) and a comprehensive commentary by Swami Satyadharma Saraswati.

Yoga Darśana Upaniṣad is Volume 3 in the Yoga Upaniṣad series. Yoga Chudamani Upaniṣad and Yoga Tattwa Upaniṣad are Volumes 1 and 2 in the series. Yoga Darśana Upaniṣad has ten sections which describe in detail the eightfold path of yoga. The topics of the ten sections are the ten ethical behaviours (yama), ten inner disciplines (niyama), the nine main physical and meditative postures, the subtle or energetic body, the breath and breathing practices, withdrawal of the senses (pratyāhāra), concentration (dhāraṇā), meditation (dhyāna) and transcendence (samādhi), the eighth limb of rāja yoga. These teachings on pratyāhāra and dhāraṇā are unique, and will not be found in other texts on yoga or meditation. Included in the text are the original Sanskrit verses, transliteration, word meanings, translation by Ruth Perini and a comprehensive commentary by Swami Satyadharma Saraswati.

Nadabindu and Dhyanabindu Upanishads comprise Volume 5 in the Yoga Upanishad series. These Upanishads focus on meditation on the bindu, the source point or origin of individual creation, where begins the primal sound or first vibration, the mantra Om. They define and describe in detail the mantra Om, the effects of meditating on it until one attains perfect liberation, merging with the Divine.Nadabindu states that always meditating on Om, the yogin is liberated from worldly life, unaffected by his/her karmas. The nada is first heard through the right ear, and many other inner sounds are heard. Eventually the yogin hears no other sounds and transcends duality.Dhyanabindu, an expansion of Nadabindu, recommends many practices including mudras, bandhas, bija mantras and raising kundalini shakti.This volume includes a foreword on the life and teachings of Swami Satyadharma, who passed away while writing her commentary on Dhyanabindu.