Principal Upanishads (Paperback)  | Released: 01 Apr 1994

The classic modern translation and complete compilation of the ancient Hindu texts that have dominated Indian philosophy, religion, and life for three thousand years.Table of Contents# Preface 5 Scheme of Transliteration 13 List of Abbreviations 14 Introduction 15I General Influence 17II The Term 'Upanisad' 19III Number, Date and Authorship 20IV The Upanisads as the Vedanta 24V Relation to the Vedas: The Rg Veda 27VI The Yajur, the Sama and the Atharva Vedas 44VII The Brahmanas 46VIII The Aranyakas 47IX The Upanisads 48X Ultimate Reality: Brahman 52XI Ultimate Reality: Atman 73XII Brahman as Atman 77XIII The Status of the World and the Doctrine of Maya and Avidyi 78XIV The Individual Self 90XV Knowledge and Ignorance 95XVI Ethics 104XVII Karma and Rebirth 113XVIII Life Eternal 117XIX Religion 131 App. (a) Rabindranath Tagore on The Upanisads 939 App. (b) Edmond Holmes on The Upanisads 945 Selected Bibliography 951 General Index 953