Dr. Thomas Byrom (1941-1991) earned his Master's degree in English Literature at Bailol College, Oxford University, and his PhD at Harvard. His life changed dramatically when he met his guru, Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, in 1974. He is the author of Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha and The Heart of Awareness: A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita, a classic of non-dualistic Indian philosophy.