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Beschreibung

Easwaran’s best-selling translation of the ancient wisdom texts called the Upanishads is reliable, readable, and profound.

In the Upanishads, illumined sages share flashes of insight, the results of their investigation into consciousness itself.

In extraordinary visions, they experience directly a transcendent Reality which is the essence, or Self, of each created being. They teach that each of us, each Self, is eternal, deathless, one with the power that created the universe.

Easwaran’s best-selling translation of selections taken from the principal Upanishads and five others is reliable and accessible. It includes an overview of the cultural and historical setting, with chapter introductions, notes, and a Sanskrit glossary. But it is Easwaran’s understanding of the wisdom of the Upanishads, and their relevance to the modern reader, that makes this edition truly outstanding.

Each sage, each Upanishad, appeals in different ways to the reader’s head and heart. As Easwaran writes, “The Upanishads belong not just to Hinduism. They are India’s most precious legacy to humanity, and in that spirit they are offered here.”

Easwaran’s best-selling translation of the ancient wisdom texts called the Upanishads is reliable, readable, and profound.

In the Upanishads, illumined sages share flashes of insight, the results of their investigation into consciousness itself.

In extraordinary visions, they experience directly a transcendent Reality which is the essence, or Self, of each created being. They teach that each of us, each Self, is eternal, deathless, one with the power that created the universe.

Easwaran’s best-selling translation of selections taken from the principal Upanishads and five others is reliable and accessible. It includes an overview of the cultural and historical setting, with chapter introductions, notes, and a Sanskrit glossary. But it is Easwaran’s understanding of the wisdom of the Upanishads, and their relevance to the modern reader, that makes this edition truly outstanding.

Each sage, each Upanishad, appeals in different ways to the reader’s head and heart. As Easwaran writes, “The Upanishads belong not just to Hinduism. They are India’s most precious legacy to humanity, and in that spirit they are offered here.”

Über den Autor

Chapter introductions, notes, and the essay "Reading the Upanishads" are by Michael N. Nagler, PhD, who is professor emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Foreword 7

Introduction 13

ISHA 51

The Inner Ruler

KATHA 61

Death as Teacher

BRIHADARANYAKA 93

The Forest of Wisdom

CHANDOGYA 119

Sacred
Song

SHVETASHVATARA 153

The Faces of God

MUNDAKA 179

Modes of Knowing

MANDUKYA 197

Consciousness
& Its Phases

KENA 207

Who
Moves the World?

PRASHNA 219

The Breath
of Life

TAITTIRIYA 239

Ascent
to Joy

AITAREYA 263

The
Unity of Life

MINOR UPANISHADS Beads of Wisdom

TEJOBINDU 283

ATMA 286

AMRITABINDU
288

PARAMAHAMSA 291

Afterword 295

A Religion
for Modern Times

by Michael N. Nagler

Glossary 337

Notes 345

Index
377

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Religion: Nichtchristliche Religionen
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Reihe: The Upanishads
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781586381318
ISBN-10: 1586381318
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Easwaran, Eknath
Hersteller: Nilgiri Press
The Upanishads
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 213 x 131 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Eknath Easwaran
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.03.2019
Gewicht: 0,522 kg
Artikel-ID: 114090058

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