The Upanishads

Buch | Softcover

592 Seiten

2004
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-044749-1 (ISBN)

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It explicates its crucial doctrines - rebirth, the law of karma, and the means of conquering death.

An 'Upanisad' is a teaching session with a guru, and these thirteen texts, the 'Principal Upanisads', form a series of philosophical discourses between teacher and student that question the inner meaning of the world. Composed from around the eighth century BCE, the Upanisads have been central to the development of Hinduism, and explore the central doctrines of rebirth, karma, overcoming death, and achieving detachment, equilibrium and spiritual bliss. Speaking to the reader in direct, unadorned prose or lucid verse, they embody humanity's perennial search for truth and knowledge.

Valerie Roebuck is a Buddhist, practising and teaching meditation in the Samatha tradition. She is currently the Honorary Secretary of Manchester Interfaith Forum and an Honorary Research Associate of the University of Mancheste and author of The Circle of Stars: An Introduction to Indian Astrology (Element Books, 1992).

Acknowledgments
Sanskrit Pronunciation
Abbreviations
Introduction
Bibliography
About the Translation
Gayatri Mantra
Isavasya or Isa Upanisad: "Pervaded by the Lord"
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad: The Great Forest Teaching
Chandogya Upanisad: The Chanters' Teaching
Taittiriya Upanisad: The Taittiriyas' Teaching
Aitareya Upanisad: Aitareya's Teaching
Kausitaki Upanisad: Kausitaki's Teaching
Kena Upanisad: "By Whom?"
Katha Upanisad: The Kathas' Teaching
Svetasvatara Upanisad: Svetasvatara's Teaching
Mundaka Upanisad: The Renouncers' Teaching
Prasna Upanisad: The Teaching in Questions
Mandukya Upanisad: The Mandukas' Teaching
Maitri Upanisad: Maitri's Teaching
Notes
Glossary
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.1.2004
Übersetzer	Valerie J. Roebuck
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	404 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
ISBN-10	0-14-044749-0 / 0140447490
ISBN-13	978-0-14-044749-1 / 9780140447491
Zustand	Neuware