Download or read book The Upanishads, Vol. 1: Translated and Commentated; From the Original Sanskrit Text (Classic Reprint) written by Swami Paramananda and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Upanishads, Vol. 1: Translated and Commentated; From the Original Sanskrit Text The translator's idea of rendering the Upanishads into clear simple English, ac cessible to Occidental readers, had its origin in a visit paid to a Boston friend in 1909. The gentleman, then battling with a fatal malady, took from his library shelf a trans lation of the Upanishads and, opening it, expressed deep regret that the obscure and unfamiliar form shut from him what he felt to be profound and vital teaching. The desire to unlock the closed doors of this ancient treasure house, awakened at that time, led to a series of classes on the Upanishads at The Vedanta Centre of Boston during its early days in St. Botolph Street. The translation and commentary then given were transcribed and, after studious revision, were published in the Centre's monthly magazine, The Message of the East, in 1913 and 1914. Still further revision has brought it to its present form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.