From the Upanishads
by Charles Johnston [1896]
Charles Johnston's luminous prose renderings from the Katha and other Upanishads — Nachiketas in the House of Death, a Vedic master, and 'That Thou Art'.
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The Transmigration of the Seven Brahmans
tr. Henry David Thoreau [1932]
From the Upanishads
by Charles Johnston [1896]
Hymns of the Atharva-Veda
tr. Maurice Bloomfield (SBE 42)
Vedic Hymns, Part II
tr. Hermann Oldenberg (SBE 46)
Vedic Hymns, Part I
tr. F. Max Müller (SBE 32)
The Song Celestial
tr. Sir Edwin Arnold [1885]
The oldest surviving spiritual literature in the world, containing the foundational knowledge of Sanatana Dharma.
Quick Facts
13 books
by Charles Johnston [1896]
Charles Johnston's luminous prose renderings from the Katha and other Upanishads — Nachiketas in the House of Death, a Vedic master, and 'That Thou Art'.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
A later Upanishad on the Self, meditation, and liberation from the round of birth.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
Six questions to the sage Pippalada on prana, the Self, and the syllable Om.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
A theistic Upanishad on Rudra-Shiva, maya, and devotion to the one Lord.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
The greatest of the Upanishads — 'neti neti', the Self, and the famous prayer from the unreal to the real.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
The five sheaths (koshas) and the ascent to bliss (ananda) in the Taittiriya Upanishad.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
Higher and lower knowledge explained through luminous Vedantic imagery.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
The immortal dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama on death, self-knowledge, and the path beyond fear.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 1)
The Vâgasaneyi-Samhitâ Upanishad — a concise jewel on renunciation, fullness, and the divine in all.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 1)
Dialogues on the vital breath (prana), the Self, and the path beyond death.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 1)
The Aranyaka of the Rig Veda, including the Aitareya Upanishad on creation and consciousness.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 1)
The Upanishad that asks 'By whom?' — the power behind mind, speech, and the senses.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 1)
The great Upanishad of the Sama Veda — Om, the Self, and the teaching of Tat Tvam Asi.
The oldest surviving spiritual literature in the world, containing the foundational knowledge of Sanatana Dharma.
Quick Facts
13 books
by Charles Johnston [1896]
Charles Johnston's luminous prose renderings from the Katha and other Upanishads — Nachiketas in the House of Death, a Vedic master, and 'That Thou Art'.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
A later Upanishad on the Self, meditation, and liberation from the round of birth.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
Six questions to the sage Pippalada on prana, the Self, and the syllable Om.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
A theistic Upanishad on Rudra-Shiva, maya, and devotion to the one Lord.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
The greatest of the Upanishads — 'neti neti', the Self, and the famous prayer from the unreal to the real.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
The five sheaths (koshas) and the ascent to bliss (ananda) in the Taittiriya Upanishad.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
Higher and lower knowledge explained through luminous Vedantic imagery.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 15)
The immortal dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama on death, self-knowledge, and the path beyond fear.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 1)
The Vâgasaneyi-Samhitâ Upanishad — a concise jewel on renunciation, fullness, and the divine in all.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 1)
Dialogues on the vital breath (prana), the Self, and the path beyond death.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 1)
The Aranyaka of the Rig Veda, including the Aitareya Upanishad on creation and consciousness.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 1)
The Upanishad that asks 'By whom?' — the power behind mind, speech, and the senses.
tr. Max Müller (SBE 1)
The great Upanishad of the Sama Veda — Om, the Self, and the teaching of Tat Tvam Asi.