The Thirteen Principal Upanishads Translated From the Sanskrit With An Outline of the Philosophy of the Upanishads and An Annotated Bibliography

The student of the history of philosophy who desires to know some of the earliest answers reached in India for the ever insistent problems of man and the universe and for the ideals of the highest existence ; the special student of India who strives to understand the essence as well as the externals of its culture ; the religious teacher and worker in East and West who seeks to apprehend the aspir [...] That which is hidden in the secret of the Vedas even the Upanishads.'— Avetägvatara Upanishad 5. 6. 2 Technically the older Upanishads (with the exception of the ha which is the last chapter of the Sainhitti of the White Vajur-Veda) form part of the Äranyakas `Forest Books ' which in turn arc part of the Brahmanas the second part of the Vedas. [...] Verily 0 Gargi at the command of that Imperishable the moments the hours the days the nights the fortnights the months the seasons and the years stand apart. [...] Here he takes Gargi back to the worlds of the sun upon which the Gandharvworlds are woven and then in turn to the worlds of the moon the worlds of the stars the worlds of the gods the worlds of Indra the worlds of Prajapati the worlds of Brahma. [...] Gdrgya's conception of Brahma as the person in space was supplmented by the conception of Brahma as the Full the non-active ; the person in the wind by Indra the terrible and the unconquered army ; the person in the fire by the Vanquisher ; the person in water by the Counterpart (of all phenomenal objects) ; the person in the mirror by the Shining One ; the sound which follows after one