Editing Aum Shinrikyo (section)

==References==
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* [[Shoko Asahara]], ''Supreme Initiation: An Empirical Spiritual Science for the Supreme Truth'', 1988, AUM USA Inc., {{ISBN|0-945638-00-0}}. 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]], ''Life and Death'', (Shizuoka: Aum, 1993). Focuses on the process of Kundalini-Yoga, one of the stages in Aum's practice.
* [[Shoko Asahara]], ''Disaster Approaches the Land of the Rising Sun: Shoko Asahara's Apocalyptic Predictions'', (Shizuoka: Aum, 1995). A controversial book, later removed by Aum leadership, speaks about the possible destruction of Japan.
* Stefano Bonino, ''Il Caso Aum Shinrikyo: Società, Religione e Terrorismo nel Giappone Contemporaneo'', 2010, Edizioni Solfanelli, {{ISBN|978-88-89756-88-1}}. Preface by Erica Baffelli.
* Ikuo Hayashi, ''Aum to Watakushi (Aum and I)'', Tokyo: Bungei Shunju, 1998. Book about personal experiences by former Aum member.
* [[Robert Jay Lifton]], ''Destroying the World to Save It: Aum Shinrikyo, Apocalyptic Violence, and the New Global Terrorism'', Henry Holt, {{ISBN|0-8050-6511-3}}, LoC BP605.088.L54, 1999
* [[Haruki Murakami]], ''[[Underground (stories)|Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche]]'', Vintage, {{ISBN|0-375-72580-6}}, LoC BP605.O88.M8613, 2001. Interviews with victims.
* ''Global Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Case Study on the Aum Shinrikyo'', [USA] Senate Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 31 October 1995. [https://fas.org/irp/congress/1995_rpt/aum/index.html online]
* [[David E. Kaplan (author)|David E. Kaplan]], and [[Andrew Marshall (Asia journalist)|Andrew Marshall]], ''The Cult at the End of the World: The Terrifying Story of the Aum Doomsday Cult, from the Subways of Tokyo to the Nuclear Arsenals of Russia'', 1996, Random House, {{ISBN|0-517-70543-5}}. An account of the cult from its beginnings to the aftermaths of the Tokyo subway attack, including details of facilities, weapons and other information regarding Aum's followers, activities and property.
* Ian Reader, ''Religious Violence in Contemporary Japan: The Case of Aum Shinrikyo'', 2000, Curzon Press
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