The Upanishads (Deluxe Silk Hardbound)

Western people should know what real knowledge truly is this book is best and quickest way to understand the eternal and ultimate truth.

Compact and has all the essentials.

Keep it or gift it. Its simply superb.

A beautiful ly crafted book, handy and with good sized print of Isha, katha and kena upanishad s.

+------------------------+ | I know Brahman? | +------------------------+ ↓ +-----------------------------+ | No, It cannot be known by | | senses or mind. | +-----------------------------+ ↓ +-----------------------------+ | True knowledge = Knowing | | Brahman is beyond all | | forms and sense-based logic| +-----------------------------+ ↓ +-----------------------------+ | Sages realize Brahman as | | the base of consciousness | +-----------------------------+ ↓ +-----------------------------+ | Purpose: Know the Real Self | | not ego (body, mind, senses)| +-----------------------------+ ↓ +-----------------------------+ | Ego = Mortality | | Brahman = Immortality | +-----------------------------+ ↓ +-----------------------------+ | All power comes from Him | | He is the eye of the eye | | Realize Him = Liberation | +-----------------------------+

I have started reading this book with much expectation. As I complete following are my views on it (1) It falls well short of expectation (2) In the effort to do one to one translation much of the essence of the original text is missed.In fact some of the portions of the book indicates that the auther has no clue about the meaning of the original text (3) I do not feel that it has been an original work of Yogananda. Rather some disciple of him, most likely born in west, must have compiled it from various speeches of him and published it in his name .It is quite evident as he tries to, unnecessarily, correlate some of the Upanishad teachings with Biblical teachings.(4) The Biblical impact is more prominent in few chapters were the concept of His command, punishment and sin gets slight overtone. Overall I felt the book lacks content.

The translation is good, easy to understand. I thought the book was big in size as the image, however it's a small sized book. But it's a most read for all the people. Upanishads holds the most important knowledge. Knowing the self should be the ultimate goals of all Hindus. OM Shanti Shanti Shanti

I loved the book as soon as I opened the package. The size very cute, its a pocket sized book with very beautiful and high quality feel cover. The hardback feel very sturdy and of high quality bind. Pages are sewn and glued, that makes book last very veey long. The quality of pages used is also very good. I have earlier used Everyman Library edition they use the beat quality acid free paper. So this book is not as good as everyman but the pages are still high value for the money I paid(199). The color of pages is also offwhite-cream which make it very readable(I dislike plain white pages, as they provide too much contrast and make it uneasy for eyes to read the text) The text size is also very accurate and I have no problem reading it. The book only contains 3 Upanishads(attached index page photograph), but are the most reccomended ones, I will surely reccomend this book to others. oh and I missed- it also have a beautiful red colored ribbon bookmark.

Excelente producto

Been searching for a easy to understand book. Great summary here!

First of all, this book is beautiful just to look at, even before opening it. I was so surprised and happy to find Nachiketa's meeting with Yamraj in it; I have always loved that story. This isn't meant to be a deep or scholarly book, and it is quite short, but it gives you a good taste of what the Upanishads can be.

Beautiful Book, nice size to carry and hold too. Great quality and arrived well packaged and fast. Recommended

Soothes the soul. Context as expected. Well worth reading!