A-U-M

Awakening to Reality

Published by Mantra Books
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

Gaudapada was one of the world’s greatest philosophers in seventh-century India. He invokes the mystical symbol ‘AUM’ (pronounced as ‘ohm’) pointing to the three states of consciousness (waking, dreaming and deep sleep) and the nature of reality itself. In the text on which this book is based, he writes that the waker, dreamer and deep-sleeper are like the roles that an actor plays at various times. All three states are the result of ignorance and error. Who we really are is the fourth aspect – the actor himself. If you see or feel a ‘thing’, then that ‘thing’ is not ‘real.’ So the waking world is no more real than the dream. ‘You’ have never been born. Nothing has ever been created. Causality is a myth. Discover your true nature to be Existence-Consciousness, without limitations, undivided and infinite, prior to time and space. Incredible? Read...and be convinced by the irrefutable logic of Gaudapada.

About The Author

Following an education in Chemistry, Dennis Waite worked in computing for the next 30 years. Since 2000, he has devoted his life to the study of Advaita and making this teaching more accessible to seekers. His first book, 'The Book of One', provides a summary of the entire teaching. It was published in 2003, extensively revised and republished in 2010.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Mantra Books (September 25, 2015)
  • Length: 431 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781782799979

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