Passage to Perfect Happiness

Nirode Mohanty has taught, worked, and consulted on religious terrorism; GPS navigation; network architecture; systems analysis and design; signal processing; and religious studies for over 30 years. He has taught communications systems, information theory, coding, computer networks, and signal processing at the State University of New York, Buff alo; the University of California, Riverside; and California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Mohanty has directed research at various aerospace companies as a senior scientist, manager, and vice president, and senior consultant. He has received the Excellence in Creativity Award from Rockwell International and various commendations. He was chairman of IEEE Information Theory in Buff alo, New York. For his contribution to secure and survival communications systems, he has been elected an IEEE fellow (the highest recognition for contributions and publications) and is serving as an associate editor of the International Journal on Telecommunication and Networking. He is the co-author of the paper "Is the Nyquist Rate Enough" in the International Conference on Database Theory (ICDT) 2008, and the paper "Capacity Theorem for Finite Duration Symbols" in the ICDT 2009, which won best paper awards from the International Academy, Research and Industry Association (IARIA). He has published seven books. He has received an M.S., M.S.E.E., and Ph.D. from the university of Southern California.

List of Figures – Foreword by Philip Goldberg – Preface – Introduction – Path to Perfection: Six Systems – Mind, Body, Self, and Paths – The Vedic Religion, Spiritualism, and Culture – The Vedic Principles and Practices – The Vedic Music and Intellectuals – Appendix 1: Glossary – Appendix 2: The Vedic Scriptures – Bibliography – Index – About the Author.

"Anybody who is looking for a clear and concise introduction to the basic principles of Hinduism will find this volume highly valuable."
—Prasanta K. Pattanaik, Emeritus Professor, University of California, Riverside

"This succinct and evocative overview of key ideas from the six schools of Indian philosophy provides a glimpse of a rich tradition, characterized by a commitment to understanding physical realities, rules of logic, ritual, and the possibility of human freedom. Many forms of Yoga are lifted up in this volume, as well as an array of great teachers, from Shankaracharya to George Harrison."
—Christopher Key Chapple, Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology and Director, Master of Arts in Yoga Studies, Loyola Marymount University