Author: S Radhakrishnan
Publisher: HarperCollins/Indus
Year: 1996
Language: English
Pages: 958
ISBN/UPC (if available): 81-7223-124-5
Description
Get ready to be carried away by the elevation, the poetry, the compelling fascination of the Upanishads. The book gives a comprehensive translation and analysis to revealthe most immediate, intimate and convincing light on the secret of human existence.
Contents
Preface
Scheme of Transliteration
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
General Influence
The Term Upanisad
Number, Date and Authorship
The Upanisads as the Vedanta
Relation to the Vedas: The Rg Veda
The Yajur, the Sama and the Atharva Vedas
The Brahmanas
The Aranyakas
The Upanisads
Ultimate Reality : Brahman
Ultimate Reality: Atman
The status of the World and the Doctrine of Maya and Avidya
The Individual Self
Knowledge and Ignorance
Ethics
Karma and Rebirth
Life Eternal
Religion
TEXT, TRANSLATION AND NOTES
APPENDICES
Rabindranath Tagore on the Upanisads
Edmond Holmes on the Upanisads
Selected Bibliography
General Index