The Upaniṣads
"An 'Upanisad' is a teaching session with a guru, and these thirteen texts, the 'Principal Upanisads', form a series of philosophical discourses between teacher and student that question the inner meaning of the world. Composed from around the eighth century BCE, the Upanisads have been central to the development of Hinduism, and explore the central doctrines of rebirth, karma, overcoming death, and achieving detachment, equilibrium and spiritual bliss. Speaking to the reader in direct, unadorn…
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- Full title :The Upaniṣads / translated and edited by Valerie J. Roebuck.
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"An 'Upanisad' is a teaching session with a guru, and these thirteen texts, the 'Principal Upanisads', form a series of philosophical discourses between teacher and student that question the inner meaning of the world. Composed from around the eighth century BCE, the Upanisads have been central to the development of Hinduism, and explore the central doctrines of rebirth, karma, overcoming death, and achieving detachment, equilibrium and spiritual bliss. Speaking to the reader in direct, unadorned prose or lucid verse, they embody humanity's perennial search for truth and knowledge."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:2003.
- Edition:Rev. ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin Books
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:liii, 525 pages ; : 20 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0140447490, 9780140447491
- oclc:ocm55484981
- LC Classification:BL1124.54
- Dewey Decimal:294.59218
Table of Contents
Gāyatrī mantra -- Īśāvāsya or Īśā Upaniṣad : pervaded by the Lord -- Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad : the great forest teaching -- Chāndogya Upaniṣad : the chanters' teaching -- Taittirīya Upaniṣad : the Taittirīyas' teaching -- Aitareya Upaniṣad : Aitareya's teaching -- Kauṣītakī Upaniṣad : Kauṣītakī's teaching -- Kena Upaniṣad : by whom -- Kaṭha Upaniṣad : the Kaṭhas' teaching -- Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad : Śvetāśvatara's teaching -- Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad : the renouncers' teaching -- Praśna Upaniṣad : the teaching in questions -- Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad : the Māṇḍūkas' teaching -- Maitrī Upaniṣad : Maitri's teaching.
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