The Upanishads
Historical edition · 1919 · 17,643 words
Three Upanishads explore the self, death, knowledge, and the relationship between individual life and ultimate reality. Paramananda accompanies the Isa, Katha, and Kena texts with explanations shaped by his teaching of Vedanta.
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The translator's idea of rendering the Upanishads into clear simple English, accessible to Occidental readers, had its origin in a visit paid to a Boston friend in 1909. The gentleman, then battling with a fatal malady, took from his library shelf a translation of the Upanishads and, opening it, expressed deep regret that the obscure and unfamiliar form shut from him what he felt to be profound and vital teaching.
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