Author: Swami Sivananda
Publisher: Divine Life Society
Year: 1998
Language: multilingual
Pages: 492
ISBN/UPC (if available): 81-7052-001-0
Description
The Upanishads are the cream of the Vedas. Each of the four Vedas has its own philosophical and mystical crowning teachings which go by the name of the Upanishads. The breadth of vision, the profundity of insight and the marvelous gamut of inclusiveness revealed in these holy writings , considered as Sruti or revealed Divine Messages, are remarkable and breath-taking. The other two among the triple foundations of Indian Culture and Spirituality mentioned, are the Brahamsutras and the Bhagavadgita, the former directly concerning interpretation of specific points occurring here and here in the Upanishads, and the latter known as the sweet milk extracted from the mulch-cow of the Upanishads.
The greatness and the sublimity of the Upanishads are well known to all students of philosophy. There have been many attempts to approach the books through various standpoints. Much has been written over the knotty problems of interpretation, by Eastern and Western scholars. And yet, the lay reader understood the central teaching not fully well. In this volume, Swamiji has stressed such points clearly and truly, explaining the abstruse ideas in his own inimitable style, thus laying bare the sacred doctrine not only before the eligible pupil but also the lay reader.
This volume contains the Text, Translation, Important Notes and Exhaustive Commentary on Nine Principal Upanishads.