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Drainbownick t1_isd2qoy wrote

It is incredibly how perfectly Schopenhauer aligns with the goals and views expressed in the sutras and Upanishads, though of course his Will is more dire than the wheel of karma, which however in contrast seems to be less compassionate to suffering. I’ve always felt that Schopenhauer contends with the experience of life as it is at a much more basic and universal level than his contemporaries and arrives at very similar conclusions to the wizened sages of ancient times.

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throway4r t1_islkwl2 wrote

Because he basically just retooled and the reformatted the Upanishads for a western audience. He read it every night and said it was the consolation of his life

https://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~rfrey/pdf/116/116%20the%20upanishads.pdf

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Drainbownick t1_isllmc2 wrote

I really love the Eknath Easwaran translation I have, I wonder what other English translations are considered defining?

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