The Upanishads, Part I
Translated by F. Max Müller
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1879
First written c. 800–300 BCE (principal Upaniṣads)
In the public domain
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The first volume of Müller’s Sacred Books of the East, translating the Chāndogya, Talavakāra (Kena), Aitareya-āraṇyaka, Kauṣītaki-brāhmaṇa and Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Īśā) Upaniṣads, with an introduction. Its version of the sixth book of the Chāndogya, the teaching “that thou art”, shaped the Western reception of Vedānta.
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The Upanishads, Part I: Sacred Books of the East, vol. 1. Translated by F. Max Müller. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1879.
Cited in Metanoia
- That Thou ArtFew sentences in any scripture have carried more philosophical weight than the teaching given to Śvetaketu by his father.
- The One and BrahmanPlotinus and Śaṅkara never read each other, yet both describe a first principle beyond ordinary predication. The resemblance is striking; so is the difference.
- What Is Unitive Knowledge?Unitive knowledge is not a doctrine that all religions are the same. It is a question about a kind of knowing that many traditions describe, and about how far their descriptions agree.
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