throway4r t1_islkwl2 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 9:59 PM

Reply to comment by Drainbownick in Schopenhauer and the insatiable will to live | To reduce suffering and forge a better world we must resist desire and our metaphysical individualism. by IAI_Admin

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

Drainbownick t1_isllmc2 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 10:04 PM

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

throway4r t1_it0nigc wrote on October 20, 2022 at 1:53 AM

Same I’ve read the same, the Oxford world classic edition.

I also liked the comic that came out - https://books.google.com/books/about/Tales_from_the_Upanishads.html?id=fnI-DgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&gboemv=1&ovdme=1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Drainbownick t1_it0pol2 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 2:09 AM

Cool thanks!!