Mr Easwaran's work convinced me to buy all Three books that form a Trilogy: The Dhammapada, The Upanishads and The Bhagavad Gita. Without a doubt, especially considering the price, this Trilogy is a steal.


If you are searching for peace and answers, you have arrived   March 8, 2000
 25 out of 26 found this review helpful

I discovered this book quite by accident and it has changed my life. I have it by my bedside and read it every night, and hope to someday read every book by Easwaran and incorporate the teachings from this one into my life. I no longer jump off the wall every time things go wrong and can smile at things that made me NUTS before this! Now, I know better. I recommend this to anybody who has made it this far in their search. If there is one book on Hinduism you read, make this the one. I have grown up reading the Bhagwad Gita and I think this by far supercedes that in giving direction and answers in a way that we can still manage in year 2000.


Simply the best   January 6, 1998
 23 out of 23 found this review helpful

Simply the best read of the Upanishads in bookstores today. Easwaran uses his background as teacher/communicator to build a highly accessible bridge from our Western way of thinking to some of the deepest insights from the East. I highly recommend this book - and its companions (The Bhagavad Gita and The Dhammapada) to any serious seeker of life's deeper meaning.


The Vedantic basis for effective education.   February 4, 1997
 12 out of 13 found this review helpful

If you have stumbled into knowing what Upanishads - also sometimes known as Vedanta - are, you don't want to miss reading this lucid presentation in English. What is more, the author skillfully observes, by quoting the American psychologist William James, how the essence of the Upanishads can form a basis for fundamental education of the human mind