The Upanishads for awakening / (Record no. 7691)
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| control field | BD-ChPU |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250101114400.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 2019943353 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | DLC |
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| Classification number | MLCM 2021/45555 (B) |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 294.5 B959u 2012 |
| Edition number | 22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Burke, Abbot George, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1940- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Upanishads for awakening / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Abbot George Burke and Swami Nirmalananda Giri. |
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| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Mexico : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Light of the Spirit Monastery, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | c2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 322 pages ; |
| Dimensions | 21 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "With penetrating insight, Abbot George Burke illumines the Upanishads' practical value for spiritual seekers. With a unique perspective from a lifetime of study and practice of both Eastern and Western spirituality, Abbot George presents the treasures of the Upanishads in an easily intelligible fashion. The sacred scriptures of India are vast. Yet they are only different ways of seeing the same thing, the One Thing which makes them both valid and ultimately harmonious. That unifying subject is Brahman: God the Absolute, beyond and besides whom there is no "other" whatsoever. The thirteen major Upanishads are the fountainhead of all expositions of Brahman. The word "upanishad" itself comes from the root word upasana, which means to draw or sit near, and is usually considered to mean that which was heard when the student sat near the teacher to learn the eternal truths. We do not know who wrote the Upanishads. This has a distinct advantage in that the image of a historical, finite personality does not intervene to obscure the revelation handed on to spiritual aspirants. The authority of the Upanishads rests not upon those who wrote, but upon the demonstrable truths they express. They are as self-sufficient and self-evident as the multiplication tables or the Table of Elements. They are simply the complete and unobscured truth. And realization of that Truth alone matters. The teachings of the Upanishads are the supreme expressions of the eternal wisdom, the eternal vision of the ancient rishis (sages) of India. Consequently, though simple in their mode of expression, they can be extremely difficult to grasp. There are many things in this world that we need not know, but the truths embodied in the Upanishads and their inspired digest-summary, the Bhagavad Gita, are invaluable for all who would ascend to higher consciousness. The Upanishads have long interested students of philosophy in the West. The English philosopher David Hume translated some of them into English in the eighteenth century. Later he travelled to America where he taught Sanskrit to Thomas Jefferson and together they studied the Upanishads in their original form"-- |
| 526 ## - STUDY PROGRAM INFORMATION NOTE | |
| Program name | English language and literature. |
| 630 00 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Upanishads |
| Form subdivision | Commentaries. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Upanishads |
| Form subdivision | Commentaries. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Giri, Swami Nirmalananda, |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Premier University DELL Library | Premier University DELL Library | 08/10/2024 | Donetad by Kelly Royster, English Language Fellow, Dept. of State USA. | 294.5 B959u 2012 | 28473 | 10/12/2024 | 1 | 10/12/2024 | Books |