Description
| Product ID: | 9781586380366 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CA |
| Series: | Wisdom of India |
| Title: | Essence of the Upanishads |
| Subtitle: | A Key to Indian Spirituality |
| Authors: | Author: Eknath Easwaran |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Offers a personal exploration of the fundamentals of Indian spirituality, and shows how timeless truths help us understand ourselves and our life. This title gives explanations of the key Sanskrit terms such as karma and prana, illustrating them with examples, anecdotes, and analogies that readers can easily recognize. The Katha Upanishad embraces the key ideas of Indian mysticism in a mythic story we can all relate to – the quest of a young hero, Nachiketa, who ventures into the land of death in search of immortality. But the insights of the Katha are scattered, hard to understand. Easwaran presents them systematically, and practically, as a way to explore deeper and deeper levels of personality, and to answer the age-old question, “Who am I?” Easwaran grew up in India, learned Sanskrit from a young age, and became a professor of English literature before coming to the West. His translation of The Upanishads is the best-selling edition in English. For students of philosophy and of Indian spirituality, and readers of wisdom literature everywhere, Easwaran’s interpretation of this classic helps us in our own quest into the meaning of our lives. |
| Imprint Name: | Nilgiri Press |
| Publisher Name: | Nilgiri Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2009-10-08 |
