The Ten Principal Upanishads Paperback – 1 Mar. 2003

It's notoriously difficult to produce a readable translation of scripture that at once captures the meaning and conveys the special nature of the text. There was, of course, a decent chance that, with Yeats' involvement, the present book would have a sense of the poetic about it. Where it scores is in the understated majesty of the translation: we get a real sense of the import and weight of the contents, conveyed in language that is at once familiar and special. This really is a readable translation.Criticism has been levelled at Swami Purohit's inexactitude in translation [W. Stede, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Jan. 1939, pp 117-120]. Nevertheless, and weighed against my limited knowledge, sufficient of the essence has been conveyed to make this a volume worth having, albeit that other versions need to be referred to for study purposes. Certainly, it's rather wonderful to be able to have by one's bedside a volume which is as worthy of reading for its literary quality as for its content.

Thank you. Great book.

I followed a course in Oxford on the world's five great religions, and my teacher recommended this book for by end of term essay. It gave a good overview and immersion into the subject. Well worthwhile.

When I opened this it didn’t quite feel like a ‘real’ f&f published book. I wondered if it was a cheap facsimile? I checked through and could see at the back page that it is ‘printed by amazon in Great Britain’I feel a bit dissatisfied with this, as there seems to be no indication on the listing that i was buying a ‘printed by Amazon’ copy, which doesnt have the quality feel of a ‘proper’ faber and faber. A disappointing situation.However it is still readable, well bound, etc.And of course the translations which it contains are wonderful.

a poetical treatment of this great work, puts me in mind of the Tao Te Ching

Easy to dip into. Some I just don't understand

Don't bother