Categorii: Neclasificat
Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 2005
Editura: Penguin Books
Tip copertă: Paperback
Nr Pag: 144
Colectie: Penguin Classics
Traducatori: Juan Mascaro
ISBN 10: 0140441638
Titlu Original: The Upanishads
ISBN: 9780140441635
Dimensiuni: l: 13cm | H: 20cm | 0.8cm | 112g
The Upanishads, the earliest of which were composed in Sanskrit between 800 and 400 bce by sages and poets, form part of the Vedas - the sacred and ancient scriptures that are the basis of the Hindu religion.
Each Upanishad, or lesson, takes up a theme ranging from the attainment of spiritual bliss to karma and rebirth, and collectively they are meditations on life, death and immortality. The essence of their teachings is that truth can by reached by faith rather than by thought, and that the spirit of God is within each of us - we need not fear death as we carry within us the promise of eternal life.