Selections from the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Vedanta Sara and Laws of Manu

Author: Sankara Acharya
J R Ballantyine/John Murdoch
Publisher: Sundeep Prakashan
Year: 1988
Language: English
Pages: 427
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185066124

Description

This book is a combination of selections from the Upanishads, the laws of Manu, the Bhagavad Gita and Vedanta Sara.

The rich ancient Hindu scriptures advocate a philosophical yet duty-oriented approach to life, that is more revelant than ever before in the modern world, as this book effectively illustrates.

Contents

INTRODUCTION

SELECTION FROM THE UPANISHADS

THE KATHA UPANISHAD
Introduction/First Chapter/Second Chapter

ISA UPANISHAD
Introduction/The Upanishad

SWETASWATARA UPANISHAD
Introduction/First Chapter/Second Chapter/Third Chapter /Fourth Chapter/Fifth Chapter/Sixth Chapter

BRIHAD ARANYA UPANISHAD
Introduction/Book - I. First Brahma/Conclusion of the Third Brahmana/Account of Creation/The Meaning of Creation/The Meaning of Putra/Origin of the Vedas/Questions of Gargi/Number of the Gods/Rebirths/Liberation During Life/The Sun Nearer the Earth than the Moon/The Gayatri/Procreation

CHHANDOGYA UPANISHAD
Sankara's Introduction/Om/The Udgitha as Recited by a Dog/How to Obtain Rain/Advantages of Konwing the Gayatri/The Gayatri/All this is Brahma/Satyakama/Creation of the Vedas/Transmigration/One Without a Second/Thou at That/The Moon Escaping from Rahu/Claimed Authorship of the Upanishad

EXAMINATION OF THE UPANISHADS
Introductory Remarks/Claimed Authorship of the Upanishads/False Science in the Upanishads/False Science in the Upanishads/Account Creation
Divine Origin Claimed for Caste/Origin of the Vedas/The Gayatri/The Soul/Transmigration Upanishads/Pantheism/Polytheism of the Great Sentences of Hindu Philosophy/Hindu Philosophy Tried by its Fruits/Causes of the Failure of Hindu Philosophy/A Prayer of the Upanishads

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