Sacred Books of the East

by Various

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Genres: Classics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Buddhism

421 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 23, 2000

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Reviews

[Srinivasan Balakumar · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read 'the upanishads' published in two volumes by Dover Publications. It is a part of the entire book on 'The sacred books of the East' translated or compiled into English from the original Sanskrit version by Max Mueller. This contains the gist of 12 of the hundreds of principal Upanishads in the Hindu scriptures. At first, I found it difficult to cope with the English in the book; but going on, it is simple to understand. I would like to read other parts of the sacred books, to have a comparison of the Philosophy of the Eastern countries