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The Spirit of the Upanishads; Or, the Aphorisms of the Wise

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The slender hardcover volume that I have is the centennial edition published by Cosimo Classics. The text looks like a photocopy of the original text from 1907 when William Walker Atkinson published it under the pseudonym "Yogi Ramacharaka." As such the text is a bit smudged in places and a bit faded in others, but not so much that the reader really misses anything. Amazon has several different editions listed, one by the Nabu Press and another by Kessinger Publishing, but I believe they are all essentially the same text.

Although the blurb on the back cover states that the aphorisms are "culled from the Upanishads," that is only technically correct since "Upanishads" refers to a genre of Hindu literature and not just to the traditional works written before the current era. At any rate I was interested to note that quite a few of the aphorisms are from "Yogavasishtha" which Georg Feuerstein in his "Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga" identifies as "a didactic poetic work" from the ninth to the thirteenth century CE. Other quotations are from the "Upadesha-Sahasri" written by Shankara , while still others are from "Miscellaneous."

The aphorisms are presented in fourteen parts from "Part I The Threshold," "Part II The Absolute," "Part III The Real Self," and so on to "Part XIV Liberation." Here are some examples of the wisdom within:

"Said Prajapati: whence does come this fear! With the thought, 'why did I fear?' disappeareth all fear; for, fear comes of duality." --Brhadaranyakopanishad

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If you HATE the book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words, this book is for you.
We don't use OCR'd book technology to make the kindle version but we bring to you by THE SCANNING OR PHOTOGRAPH PROCESS. So everything you see here is almost same as original version. It may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact.
We hope you enjoy and are satisfied with our book. For more interesting books, please search for ‘AMA publication’.
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Important Notice!! Please read before you purchase.
- This book was produced from scanning process so you CAN’T use some text feature such as Adjust Font Size, Search or Highlight.
- Since this book does NOT support TEXT adjustment Function, we strongly do not recommend reading it with mobile phone, Android, BB or any small device.
- This book does NOT support Text To Speech Function.

Language: English

Pages: 92

Format: Kindle Edition

The Spirit of the Upanishads; Or, the Aphorisms of the Wise

0/5 ( ratings)

The review from Amazon.com reviewer
The slender hardcover volume that I have is the centennial edition published by Cosimo Classics. The text looks like a photocopy of the original text from 1907 when William Walker Atkinson published it under the pseudonym "Yogi Ramacharaka." As such the text is a bit smudged in places and a bit faded in others, but not so much that the reader really misses anything. Amazon has several different editions listed, one by the Nabu Press and another by Kessinger Publishing, but I believe they are all essentially the same text.

Although the blurb on the back cover states that the aphorisms are "culled from the Upanishads," that is only technically correct since "Upanishads" refers to a genre of Hindu literature and not just to the traditional works written before the current era. At any rate I was interested to note that quite a few of the aphorisms are from "Yogavasishtha" which Georg Feuerstein in his "Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga" identifies as "a didactic poetic work" from the ninth to the thirteenth century CE. Other quotations are from the "Upadesha-Sahasri" written by Shankara , while still others are from "Miscellaneous."

The aphorisms are presented in fourteen parts from "Part I The Threshold," "Part II The Absolute," "Part III The Real Self," and so on to "Part XIV Liberation." Here are some examples of the wisdom within:

"Said Prajapati: whence does come this fear! With the thought, 'why did I fear?' disappeareth all fear; for, fear comes of duality." --Brhadaranyakopanishad

Product description
If you HATE the book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words, this book is for you.
We don't use OCR'd book technology to make the kindle version but we bring to you by THE SCANNING OR PHOTOGRAPH PROCESS. So everything you see here is almost same as original version. It may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact.
We hope you enjoy and are satisfied with our book. For more interesting books, please search for ‘AMA publication’.
AMA Publication
Important Notice!! Please read before you purchase.
- This book was produced from scanning process so you CAN’T use some text feature such as Adjust Font Size, Search or Highlight.
- Since this book does NOT support TEXT adjustment Function, we strongly do not recommend reading it with mobile phone, Android, BB or any small device.
- This book does NOT support Text To Speech Function.

Language: English

Pages: 92

Format: Kindle Edition

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