THE TEN PRINCIPAL UPANISHADS

Book Code: 1111031597131

SHREE PUROHIT SMAMI , W.B. YEATS

ABOUT THE BOOK

The Upanishads are the most sacred texts of the Hindu religion, considered to contain the ultimate truth and the knowledge that leads to spiritual emancipation. They are the finest examples of Indian metaphysical and speculative thought. Out of the traditional 109 Upanishads, ten of them are considered to be the principal ones: Isha, Kena and Katha, Prashan, Mundaka, Mandukya, Tattiriya, Aitareya, Chhandogya and Brihadaranyaka. The Ten Principal Upanishads is an introduction of the primary Upanishads .

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Shri Purohit Swami (1882 – 1941) was a Hindu teacher from Maharashtra, India. Purohit Swami, fluent in both Sanskrit and English, was instrumental in popularising the wisdom of Indian spirituality and philosophy through his translations of ancient Indian texts. His other books include The Geeta: the Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna, The Song of Silence, Aphorisms of Yoga, In Quest of Myself, Harbinger of Love, Honeycomb and Gunjarao. This book has been co-translated by the Nobel Prize winning, Irish poet and dramatist.

William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer and politician. One of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, he was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival and became a pillar of the Irish literary establishment who helped to found the Abbey Theatre. In his later years, he served two terms as a Senator of the Irish Free State. He was educated in Dublin and London He studied poetry from an early age, Yeats was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923. His major later works include 1928's The Tower and Words for Music Perhaps and Other Poems, published in 1932.

CONTENTS
I. The Lord (Eesha-Upanishad)………………………………………...................15
II. At Whose Command? (Kena-Upanishad) ………………………………...........19
III. From the Kathak Branch of the Wedas (Katha-Upanishad)……………….........25
IV. Questions (Prashna-Upanishad)…………………………………………..........39
V. At the Feet of the Monk (Mundaka-Upanishad)……………………………........49
VI. At the Feet of Master Mandooka (Mandookya-Upanishad)……………….…....59
VII. From the Taittireeya Branch of the Wedas (Taittireeya-Upanishad) ……….....63
VIII. At the Feet of Master Aitareya (Aitareya-Upanishad)…………………….......79
IX. The Doctrine of the Chhandogyas (Chhandogya-Upanishad)…………….......…85
X. Famous Debates in the Forest (Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad)…………….……..119