Easwaran takes one of indias classic wisdom texts, the katha upanishad, and explains how it embraces all the key ideas of indian spirituality within the context of a powerful mythic quest. The center is a nonprofit organization chartered with carrying on easwarans legacy and work. May 25, 2020 written by eknath easwaran, the book was. Classics of indian spirituality by eknath easwaran. Amazing intrepretaion of the kathopanishad by eknath easwaran,a must read for every individual to understand the meaning and purpose of life. Eknath easwaran december 17, 1910 october 26, 1999 was an indianborn spiritual. The mantram you choose could be with you for the rest of your life, carrying you through daytoday joys and challenges, and even through serious illness and at the time of death. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read how to meditate. Eknath easwaran books list of books by author eknath easwaran. Eknath easwaran is currently considered a single author. A journey through consciousness, 2nd edition or another book that related with dialogue with death. Eknath easwaran, translator of the bestselling edition of the dhammapada, sees this powerful scripture as a perfect map for the spiritual journey.
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A journey through consciousness, 2nd edition paperback january 19, 1993 by eknath easwaran author 4. He is a recognized authority on the indian spiritual classics. Understand death, easwaran writes, and youll live more wisely youll learn more, love more, and contribute more to all around you. Pdf dialogue with death download full pdf book download. Brought up by his mother, and by his maternal grandmother whom he honored as his spiritual teacher, he was schooled in his native village until the age of sixteen, when he went to attend a catholic college fifty miles away. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Essence of the upanishads is a translation and commentary on the katha upanishad, an ancient indian scripture. This book has now been reissued as essence of the upanishads which is available new direct from amazonthe most profound questions of life and death are taken up in. Three bestknown texts from the indian wisdom tradition now available in an elegant boxed set, a perfect gift and source of lasting inspiration. In 1937, while working for the london news chronicle as a correspondent with the loyalist forces in the spanish civil war, i was captured by general francos troops and held. Dialogue with death is as much a book about the richness of life as it is about the end of living.
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