The Upanishads
$26.13
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
23 January 2000
Summary
The Upanishads, the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 BCE by sages and poets, form part of the Vedas - the sacred and ancient scriptures that are the basis of the Hindu religion. Each Upanishad, or lesson, takes up a theme ranging from the attainment of spiritual bliss to karma and rebirth, and collectively they are meditations on life, death and immortality. The essence of their teachings is that truth can by reached by faith rather than by thought, and that the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140441635 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140441638 |
| Author: | Juan Mascaró |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 23 January 2000 |
| Weight: | 114g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 8mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
Juan Mascaró
Juan Mascaro was born in Majorca, and later studied modern and oriental languages, Sanskrit, Pali and English at Cambridge University. He died in 1987, and was lauded as one of the greatest translators of our time.
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