Upanishads

Informationen zum Autor Juan Mascaro was born in Majorca, and later studied modern and oriental languages, Sanskrit, Pali and English at Cambridge University. He died in 1987, and was lauded as a great translator of our time. Klappentext The Upanishads , the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 bce by sages and poets, form part of the Vedas - the sacred and ancient scriptures that are the basis of the Hindu religion. Each Upanishad, or lesson, takes up a theme ranging from the attainment of spiritual bliss to karma and rebirth, and collectively they are meditations on life, death and immortality. The essence of their teachings is that truth can by reached by faith rather than by thought, and that the spirit of God is within each of us - we need not fear death as we carry within us the promise of eternal life. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung "The Upanishads" represent for the Hindu approximately what the New Testament represents for the Christian. The earliest of these spiritual treatises, which vary greatly in length, were put down in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 BC.

Product details

• Authors: Anonymous, Juan Mascaro, Juan Mascaró, Thomas Wyatt
• Assisted by: Juan Mascaro (Editor), Juan Mascaro (Translation), Juan Mascaró (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 24.02.2005
• EAN: 9780140441635
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044163-5
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Little Black Classics; Penguin Classics; Little Black Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Hinduism, Sacred texts, Sacred texts, scriptures and revered writings