1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990009683190403321

Autore

Beckerman, Wilfred

Titolo

Poverty and social security in Britain since 1961 / Wilfred Beckerman, Stephen Clark

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : Oxford university press, 1982

ISBN

0-19-829004-7

Descrizione fisica

IX, 94 p.

Altri autori (Persone)

Clark, Stephen

Locazione

DECTS

Collocazione

I3.338

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777972903321

Titolo

The Upanishads [[electronic resource] /] / introduced & translated by Eknath Easwaran ; afterword by Michael N. Nagler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tomales, CA, : Nilgiri Press, 2007

ISBN

1-282-48699-3

9786612486999

1-58638-025-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Collana

The classics of Indian spirituality

Altri autori (Persone)

EknathEaswaran <1910-1999.>

NaglerMichael N

Disciplina

294.5/9218

Soggetti

Hinduism

Spiritual life - Hinduism

Sanskrit literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously published: 1987.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of Contents; Untitled; Foreword; Introduction; ISHA: The Inner Ruler; KATHA: Death as Teacher; BRIHADARANYAKA: The Forest of Wisdom; CHANDOGYA: Sacred Song; SHVETASHVATARA: The Faces of God; MUNDAKA: Modes of Knowing; MANDUKYA: Consciousness & Its Phases; KENA: Who Moves the World?; PRASHNA: The Breath of Life; TAITTIRIYA: Ascent to Joy; AITAREYA: The Unity of Life; MINOR UPANISHADS: Beads of Wisdom; Tejobindu; Atma; Amritabindu; Paramahamsa; Afterword: A Religion for Modern Times: by Michael N. Nagler; Glossary; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Among the oldest of India's spiritual texts, the Upanishads are records of intensive question-and-answer sessions given by illumined sages to their students - in ashrams, at family gatherings, in a royal court, and in the kingdom of Death. The sages share flashes of insight, extraordinary visions, the results of their investigation into consciousness itself.The Upanishads have puzzled and inspired wisdom seekers from Yeats to Schopenhauer. In this best-selling translation, Eknath Easwaran makes these challenging texts more accessible by selecting the passages most relevant to read