Om: The Ultimate Word

by Prof. S. K. Ramachandra Rao

Om is potent word. Om is one letter mantra. Om is the foot-hold of man. Om is transcendental. Transformation is possible through Omkara. Omkara leads to enlightenment.

Table of Contents:

1. Powerful Sound
2. Om and Pranayama
3. Om in Upanishad and Scriptures
4. Om in Yoga-Sutra
5. Om in Jainism and Buddhism
6. Om, The Foot-hold of Man
7. Pranava-japa
8. Vedantic View
9. Transcendental Om in Rig Veda
10. Discovering the Light
11. Spiritual Discipline
12. Om in Yoga of Trika System - 1
13. Om in Yoga of Trika System - 2
14. Omkara for Transformation
15. Soham Sadhana
16. Enlightenment and Omkara
17. Grammatical Nuances

About the Author:

Professor Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra Rao, is a well-known Indian scholar who combines traditional learning with modern research. Well versed in Sanskrit, Pali, Ardhmagadhi and several modern Indian languages and aquainted with Tibetan and some European languages. He has written extensively on Vedanta, Buddhism, Jainism, Indian Culture, Art and Literature. In his professional career, however, he was a Professor of Psychology. He has headed the Department of Clinical Psychology in the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience’s Bangalore and the Department of Indian Culture in the Collision College Study Center of the University of the Pacific (USA). He is also Musicologist, a Sculptor and Painter, and has held some one man shows.