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In this expanded edition of the most famous and popular of indian scriptures, eknath easwaran contextualizes the book culturally and historically and explains the key concepts of hindu religious thought and the technical vocabulary of yoga. The majority of the book is a commentary on the katha upanishaddivided into 12 chapters in two major parts entitled dialogue with death and the. Nilgiri press, a department of the center, publishes books on how to lead a spiritual life in the home and community. This volume originally appeared in a hardcover edition.
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Essence of the upanishads is the revised edition of dialogue with death, with new series preface and introduction. Written by two of his longtime students, this thoughtful and loving portrait provides striking insights. Written by eknath easwaran, the book was originally published in the united states in 1981, entitled dialogue with death. The bhagavad gita easwaran s classics of indian spirituality book 1 enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Easwaran is one of the twentieth centurys great spiritual teachers and an authentic guide to timeless wisdom. So ends part i of the katha upanishad, as translated by eknath easwaran in this recent work, from an earlier edition entitled dialogue with death. Eknath easwaran december 17, 1910 october 26, 1999 was an indianborn spiritual teacher, author, as well as a translator and interpreter of indian religious sanatan dharma, an eternal religion texts such as the bhagavad gita and the upanishads easwaran was a professor of english literature at the university of nagpur in india, and in 1959 he came to the united states. Pdf the bhagavad gita easwaran s classics of indian. Part ii of the book was subsequently decoupled from spanish testament and, with minor modifications, published on its own under the title dialogue with death see quotation below.
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