The Ten Principal Upanishads

Beautiful poetic rendition Of the many thousands of books that essentially are one of a kind and out of print, few are more worthy of being reissued than this very beautiful rendition of the heart of the Upanishads. World class poet W. B. Yeats, working with Vedic scholar Sri Swami Purohit, retired t......more

I re-read this classic every year about this time - it is eternal, centering, and restorative.......more

A classic modern translation into English, with input from Yeats, no less. One frustration for those who are familiar with at least one Indian language: There are times when one wonders which Sanskrit word it is which is being translated.......more

So far this book has challenged me to rethink what I think about God, and to rethink my search for my own identity. Seek self says the Upanishad, and seek the absolute. Find consciousness.......more

Unlike so many translations of Indian spiritual texts into English, the Yeats Upanishads uses clear direct language that makes it easy to read. Although Yeats was one of the greatest poets of all time, he avoided flowery language here and just kept it simple.......more