Product Description The most profound questions of life and death are taken up in a commentary on the Katha Upanishad, in which a daring teenager, Nachiketa, seeks out the King of Death for his teacher.
A Storie abut life.November 5, 2006 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I found this book very enjoyable and easy to read. It is one of the best instructions about life's journey I have ever read. I plan to give it to my grandson on his sixteenth birthday. The opening fable will surely catch his interest and carry his attention through the wisdom of life contained in this book. I recommend it to anyone on the hero's journey.
EnlighteningMay 4, 2005 7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I just finished this book, and I have learned to appreciate life more, not get mad as easily, be more compassionate and reasonable. I would suggest it to anyone, with any religious beliefs. It definitely helped me get more out of life...
Guide for livingJanuary 3, 2002 17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I've read this book three times and am planning to read it again. It's a wonderful book that helps me focus on what's important in life and how I can make choices to live authentically and deliberately. Reading this book helped me to make the decision to quit smoking and live a more healthy lifestyle. I would recommend this book to anyone who's asking the question "What's it all about?".
Learning death to live life more fullyMay 11, 2000 17 out of 18 found this review helpful
Late Mr. Eknath Eswaran,adherent of spirituality from childhood, has wonderfully written about the a teenager's curiosity about life after death. The book gives numerous examples from modern day life. Drawing from his expertise in the English language literature, the author makes the subject very familiar to the present day readers. He has quoted from Shakespeare to Aldous Huxley and Mahatma Gandhi and shown the thought concesus common to all great philosophers. Though the contents originate from one of the most ancient of the Hindu scriptures, every contemporary human being will identify with the life's problems of the modern times given in the book and will be helped plenty in finding many solutions.There seems to be a little more stress given on the self sacrifice than other modalities of spirituality like sense control, breath control and meditation but overall the book is very readable, language beautiful and when I read it I regretted the book was over.
ProfoundNovember 2, 1999 14 out of 16 found this review helpful
One of the best books on Hinduism I have ever read. The book is about the conversations between a teenager, Nichiketa, and Yama - the God of Death : how Yama tempts the teenager with all the wordly riches just to test his sincerity and after being satisfied, unfolds the mystery of life and death to him.
