Hindu philosophical classic.

This is the most recent, accurate and complete translation of the Chandogya Upanishad into English with explanatory notes by Jayaram V, Founder President of Hinduwebsite.com, and author of 11 other books. Chandogya Upanishad is one of the oldest and the largest Upanishads, containing 629 verses arranged in 8 chapters and 154 sections. Its study is essential to understand the importance of singing Samans in Vedic sacrifices, apart from knowing the essential aspects of Hinduism and their probable origin. This edition includes introduction, original Sanskrit verses in transliterated Devanagari script, translation of each verse, explanatory notes, and bibliography. This edition forms part of the translation of the 16 major Upanishads published under three books. Jayaram V has also translated the Bhagavadgita word to word, with a detailed commentary. His other works include The Awakened Life, Brahman, Introduction to Hinduism, Essays on the Bhagavadgita, Think Success, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad and Selected Upanishads.

Chandogya upanishad is one of the major and finest upanishads . It is the book of supreme knowledge of existence , our life and our being . This is a book of questions by the student , by the teacher , by the king and by gods and demons . All get the answers they seek for . Everything in this world is dispensable . Anything in our mind becomes a wound . Nothing in this world is permanent . Everything is Pure dynamism and expression of energy through the medium of qualities taking forms . Pure consciousness is blissful . There is no joy in anything small and limited . There is no commandment in the upanishads . There is no religion ,caste or creed and blind following in the Vedas and upanishads . Chandogya upanishad belongs to Samaveda .

Life history of the author, especially for the period which he spent with Sathya Sai Baba, b. 1926, Hindu spiritual leader.

Chandogya and Brihadaranyaka Upanishads Two large and difficult Upanishads are presented (without original Sanskrit verses) in simple modern English for those advanced students who have read Bhagavad-Gita and other 9 Principal Upanishads. Simpler important verses are printed in underlined-bold; translations and commentaries are from Shri RamaKrishna MaTha Publications on Upanishads by Swamis: Sharvananda, Nikhilananda, Nirmalananda, Madhavananda, Svahananda and Prabhavananda. references & Glossary of Sanskrit words used. Collected, edited and published by Dr. Ramananda Prasad for public benefit. You may also Free download all 108 Upanishads.

The Upanishads are a group of texts in Hindu sacred literature that are considered to reveal the ultimate truth and whose knowledge is considered to lead to spiritual emancipation. In the Upanishads, we find the finest flowering of the Indian metaphysical and speculative thought. They are utterances of seers who spoke out of the fullness of their illumined experience. Upanishad is derived from upa (near), ni (down) and sad (to sit). Hence, the term implies the pupils, intent on learning, sitting near the teacher to acquire knowledge and truth. There are over 200 Upanishads but the traditional number is 108. Of them, only 10 are the principal Upanishads: Isha, Kena, Katha, Prashan, Mundaka, Mandukya, Tattiriya, Aitareya, Chhandogya and Brihadaranyaka. This book is a forerunner in introducing these primary Upanishads to the uninitiated.

Comprises such sacred books of India as the hymns of the Rig-Veda, the world's first recorded poems, the stirring pantheistic speculations of the Upanishads and the Bhagavad-Gita, a cosmic drama of God's self-revelation in human history, on the field of human battle.