The Upanishads

Informationen zum Autor Chapter introductions, notes, and the essay "Reading the Upanishads" are by Michael N. Nagler, PhD, who is professor emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. Klappentext Among the oldest of India's spiritual texts, the Upanishads are records of intensive question-and-answer sessions given by illumined sages to their students. Widely featured in philosophy courses, the Upanishads have puzzled and inspired wisdom seekers from Yeats to Schopenhauer. Eknath Easwaran makes this challenging text more accessible by selecting the passages most relevant to readers seeking timeless truths today. His accessible, highly readable translation and lively foreword place the teachings in a contemporary context for students and general readers alike. Zusammenfassung Among the oldest of India's spiritual texts, the Upanishads are records of intensive question-and-answer sessions given by illumined sages to their students. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Foreword 7 Introduction 13 ISHA 51 The Inner Ruler KATHA 61 Death as Teacher BRIHADARANYAKA 93 The Forest of Wisdom CHANDOGYA 119 SacredSong SHVETASHVATARA 153 The Faces of God MUNDAKA 179 Modes of Knowing MANDUKYA 197 Consciousness& Its Phases KENA 207 WhoMoves the World? PRASHNA 219 The Breathof Life TAITTIRIYA 239 Ascentto Joy AITAREYA 263 TheUnity of Life MINOR UPANISHADS Beads of Wisdom TEJOBINDU 283 ATMA 286 AMRITABINDU288 PARAMAHAMSA 291 Afterword 295 A Religionfor Modern Times by Michael N. Nagler Glossary 337 Notes 345 Index377 ...

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Chapter introductions, notes, and the essay "Reading the Upanishads" are by Michael N. Nagler, PhD, who is professor emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Among the oldest of India's spiritual texts, the Upanishads are records of intensive question-and-answer sessions given by illumined sages to their students. Widely featured in philosophy courses, the Upanishads have puzzled and inspired wisdom seekers from Yeats to Schopenhauer. Eknath Easwaran makes this challenging text more accessible by selecting the passages most relevant to readers seeking timeless truths today. His accessible, highly readable translation and lively foreword place the teachings in a contemporary context for students and general readers alike.

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Table of Contents 

 Foreword 7 

 Introduction 13 

 ISHA 51 

      The Inner Ruler 

 KATHA 61 

      Death as Teacher 

 BRIHADARANYAKA 93 

      The Forest of Wisdom 

 CHANDOGYA 119 

      Sacred
Song 

 SHVETASHVATARA 153 

      The Faces of God 

 MUNDAKA 179 

      Modes of Knowing 

 MANDUKYA 197 

      Consciousness
& Its Phases 

 KENA 207 

      Who
Moves the World? 

 PRASHNA 219 

      The Breath
of Life 

 TAITTIRIYA 239 

      Ascent
to Joy 

 AITAREYA 263 

      The
Unity of Life 

 MINOR UPANISHADS  Beads of Wisdom 

      TEJOBINDU 283 

      ATMA 286 

      AMRITABINDU
288 

      PARAMAHAMSA 291 

 Afterword 295 

     A Religion
for Modern Times 

     by Michael N. Nagler 

 Glossary 337 

 Notes 345 

 Index
377