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Om Yoga
Its Theory and Practice
by
Swami Nirmalananda Giri
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©Copyright 2004 by Atma Jyoti Press
Contents
Foreword..........................................................................................................................5
Chapter One: The Philosophy and Nature of Yoga ..........................................................7
Chapter Two: Who Is God? ............................................................................................12
Chapter Three: The Word That Is God......................................................................... 18
Chapter Four: Om Japa and Meditation ........................................................................ 24
Chapter Five: The Visible Om–The Sri Yantra ..............................................................40
Chapter Six: Om Yoga–Ashtanga Yoga.......................................................................... 43
Chapter Seven: Pointers For Successful Meditation .................................................... 46
Chapter Eight: The Foundations of Yoga...................................................................... 63
ChapterNine: Om in the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and Yoga Sutras ....................... 82
Afterword........................................................................................................................88
Appendix: The Glories and Powers of Om .................................................................... 91
Glossary....................................................................................................................... 106
Foreword: Yoga and Freedom
Om is the Supreme Brahman (Svetasvatara Upanishad 1:7)
He who utters Om with the intention ‘I shall attain Brahman’ does verily attain Brahman”
(Taittiriya Upanishad 1.8.1)
The Self is of the nature of the Syllable Om . (Mandukya Upanishad 1.8.12)
Meditate on Om as the Self. (Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.3)
Liberation-Freedom
“Satyakama, son of Shibi, asked Rishi 1 Pippalada: ‘Venerable Sir, what world does he who
meditates on Om until the end of his life, win by That?’ To him, he said: ‘If he meditates on
the Supreme Being with the Syllable Om, he becomes one with the Light, the Sun. He is led
to the world of Brahman. 2 He sees the Person that dwells in the body, Who is higher than the
highest life.…That the wise one attains, even by the mere sound Om as support, That Which is
tranquil, unaging, immortal, fearless, and supreme.” 3
Yoga is all about freedom. Only a fraction of the earth’s population is formally imprisoned,
but the entire human race is imprisoned in the earth itself. None are free from the inevitability
of sickness, age, and death, however free of them they may be at the moment. The human
condition is subject to innumerable limitations. Who really controls his life fully, attains all his
goals, and knows no setbacks of any kind? No one. Om Yoga is the way to freedom from
suffering and limitation. Regarding Om, the Yoga Sutras 4 of Patanjali simply say: “Its repetition
and meditation is the way .” 5 Even a superficial perusal of the Upanishads reveals that the
meditation practice known and recommended by the Vedic 6 Rishis, and later Patanjali and
Krishna, 7 was based on Om, the sacred syllable that both symbolizes and embodies Brahman,
the Absolute Reality.
It is my hope that you will test for yourself the spiritual alchemy of Om Yoga that is set
forth here. If your practice is exactly as outlined and of sufficient duration, your experience
will be the proof of its validity and its efficacy.
“This is the bridge to immortality. May you be successful in crossing over to the farther
shore of darkness.” 8
Swami Nirmalananda Giri
Atma Jyoti Ashram
1 Rishi: Sage; seer of the Truth.
2 Brahman: The Absolute Reality, Absolute Consciousness.
3 Prashna Upanishad 5:1,5,7. The upanishads are the philosophical teachings of the ancient sages of India on the knowledge
of Absolute Reality.
4 Yoga Sutras: The oldest known writing on the subject of yoga, written by the sage Patanjali, a yogi of ancient India, and
considered the most authoritative text on yoga.
5 Yoga Sutras 1:28
6 Vedic: Having to do with the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of India, considered the oldest scriptures of the world, that were
revealed in meditation to the Vedic Rishis.
7 Krishna: A Divine Incarnation (avatar) born in India about three thousand years ago, Whose teachings to His disciple
Arjuna on the eve of the Great India (Mahabharata) War comprise the Bhagavad Gita.
8 Mundaka Upanishad 2.2.6
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