The Upanishads

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1. ya1secMar 2022
   Three Novels - Samuel Beckett

   The Upanishads - Eknath Easwaran translation

   Season in Hell - Arthur Rimbaud

   Modern Man in Search of a Soul - Carl Jung

   Abandoned Fragments - Franz Kafka

   Philosophical Grammar - Ludwig Wittgenstein

   The Gay Science - Friedrich Nietzsche

   Hapworth 16, 1924 - JD Salinger

   The Dream Machine - M. Mitchell Waldrop

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2. fjabreOct 2021
   You have touched on some very old knowledge found in Hindu and Buddhist texts.

   You do not exist in the same frame of reference as the objects you perceive. You are fixed while the objects perceived are subject to spacetime.

   The sense of existence is all that you are. Free will and control over external environment are only apparent. We claim to be the owner of actions and deeds. Claims do not make it so. The senses and intellect are easily fooled, i.e. Dreaming or VR.

   I suggest the Upanishads for anyone looking for more. Eknath Easwaran’s version is an excellent read.

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3. WayneDBNov 2011
   Please read my other comment on this thread with some links to articles that might interest you. - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3264078

   Krishnamurti has a lot to say about meditation, I also recommend the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the Bhagavad Gita (Jack Hawley translation is very thorough, it's subtitled A Walkthrough for Westerners) and lastly The Upanishads (the one with commentary by Eknath Easwaran is excellent.)

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4. fuzztesterJan 2024
   See the Bibliography section at his Wikipedia page that I linked above.

   From there:

   One is The Bhagavad Gita:

   >The Bhagavadgītā: with an introductory essay, Sanskrit text, English translation and notes (1948), 388 pages

   Another is The Principal Upanishads, also by him:

   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Principal_Upanishads

   You could also check out another option for the Bhagavad Gita, by Eknath Easwaran. And other related books by him too:

   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eknath_Easwaran

   The Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma Sutras are all about Vedanta, including Advaita (Vedanta). In fact, they are the three main sources about Vedanta, known as the Prasthanatrayi:

   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prasthanatrayi

   Hope this helps.

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5. jelliclesfarmNov 2020
   I have been reading Hindu texts and vedas/upanishads/puranas(it’s wild! There is hard core philosophy and then suddenly it veers into weapon art and tax codes).

   I started with Dr.Radhakrishnan’s books but find the language weird and stilted for quick reading. I might get back to it at some point, but I am currently reading Upanishads by Eknath Easwaran.

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6. nighthawk24Sep 2016
   The Upanishads describe consciousness with amazing realizations about self.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanishads

   https://www.amazon.com/Upanishads-Classic-Indian-Spiritualit...

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