This award-winning work brings to light the deeper truth and beauty of a well-loved but long-misunderstood masterpiece—The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. With an in-depth commentary on every quatrain, Paramahansa Yogananda reveals the profound kinship between the Rubaiyat’s hidden metaphysical philosophy and India’s ancient science of yoga. Features include: * Fifty original full-color illustrations * Edward FitzGerald’s English translation * The Persian text of the poem * Paramahansa Yogananda’s complete commentaries