Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal

As it is said throughout the book you need a real guru to walk the path. One man can’t scape. He needs the help from someone who has scalped before. Or nothing can be accomplished. The book is excellent but does not make miracles.

So profound I love it

A treasure of Divine Truth!

Excellent

I've read many translations of the Upanishads. this little book remains my favorite version of my favorite book. For anyone familiar with Vedic literature/knowledge who hasn't read the Upanishads, this is the best book to start with. For anyone who has read the Upanishads, you are missing out if you haven't read this little gem.

I sent this book to a friend in Denmark and I don't know if he liked it or not but I hope he did. I don't know if it arrived on time but I know that he got it.

This was my first introduction to the Upanishads, but it is still my favorite years later. I have bought several copies of this version, because I keep giving them away to people. I feel everyone seeking spiritual Truths MUST read this. In my daily life I often recommend the Upanishads to any spiritual seeker or philosophy lover, and always in this translation. I have read a few other translations, some of them being those that are most popular and readily available in bookstores, and while those translations were generally beautiful and helpful, they didn't seem to be on par with Swami Prabhavananda's rendering and interpretation. I once had a World Religions professor who made us answer on every test that EVERY translation is an interpretation. This couldn't be more true, even reading the original work of something is an interpretation within your own mind. The Upanishads are hundreds, even thousands of years old. They rank among the oldest of spiritual literature in existence, and are still practiced today. The amazing part about the Upanishads is how they are still advanced philosophy all these years later. They paint a beautiful and complete cosmology in a poetic and philosophical manner even today. It still blows my mind that these are so old, yet so intricate and profound. It just goes to show that Truth is eternal, unchanging with time. And that our ancestors were not the primitive fools that the currently accepted paradigm makes them out to be. The Upanishads rank among my favorite of all spiritual books from any religion. Which is important to me because as a student of comparative religions I have read many spiritual books from all the major religions, even though I am still young. This is my favorite interpretation to date, not only because I feel it in the depth of my being, but because it is clear, concise, and fluid. Many other translations keep the Upanishads in verse, making them rigid and a bit more difficult to get the full meaning from while being rendered into another language. This translation is mostly in prose and reads like a story or essay--as the preface states: "With minor exception the original Sanskrit here rendered is verse. With minor exception we have employed prose." I have read a few books by Swami Prabhavananda and all have been of superb caliber, his genius and spiritual understandings shine through in every sentence and concept. It is good to read several translations of a deep and symbolic spiritual work--that goes for all religions. The more translations you read the more you get a deeper understanding of what was originally intended by the creator and their native language. Don't miss this, and if you only read one translation, let it be this one!

This is a beautiful heart-felt rendition of twelve principal Upanishads in a small volume that you can take anywhere. What more would you want? I've had the kindle version for some time, but wanted old-style paper. (The kindle version is fine, but it has no TOC. Why would anyone publish an ebook without a TOC, it only needed twelve entries?)

Ok

Questa è una selezione di testi dalle più famose Upanishad. E' un libriccino piccolo, che può andare bene come introduzione, va tenuto presente che non ci sono i testi completi

This is one of the best versions of the Upanishads you're gonna find. The size is great and it's small enough to fit in most of my pockets to take wherever I go. The price is low and definitely worth it. The translation is also quite good, but it is written in more of an old English-type style so if that's not what you want I'd recommend Eknath Easwaran's translation.