The Upanishads
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Upanishads
By (Author) Valerie J. Roebuck
Edited by Valerie J. Roebuck
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
29th January 2004
29th January 2004
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
294.59218
Physical Properties
Paperback
592
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 25mm
404g
Description
The "Upanisads" is the Hindu equivalent of the Christian New Testament. It is a collection of spritual treatises written in Sanskirt between 800 and 400 BCE. Typically an "Upanisad" recounts one or more sessions of teaching, often setting each within the story of how it came to be taught. These 13 texts, the principal "Upanisads", are devoted to understanding the inner meaning of the religion: they explicate its crucial doctrines - rebirth, the law of karma, the means of conquering death and of achieving detachment, equilibrium and spiritual bliss. They emphasise the perennial search for true knowledge. This translation and selection offers a full and comprehensive text.
Author Bio
Valerie Roebuck is a Buddhist, practising and teaching meditation in the Samatha tradition. She is currently the Honorary Secretary of Manchester Interfaith Forum and an Honorary Research Associate of the University of Mancheste and author of The Circle of Stars- An Introduction to Indian Astrology (Element Books, 1992).
