[Advaita-l] [advaitin] English translations of Upanishads, etc [was World is mind alone: Shankara]

[Michael Chandra Cohen]

namaste,
AJ Alston translations of Upadesha Sahasri (titled: Thousand Teachings)
and Naiskarmya Siddhi are must reads. He translates for clarity and is
especially helpful with difficult verses. Alston is the author of the 6
volume Samkara Sourcebooks and has also translated two of HH SSSS's key
texts.

And if you don't like SSSS, Balasubramian's Naiskarmya Siddhi is the best.
Email me.
Regards, Michael

On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM Ananta Chaitanya [Sarasvati] <
bhatpraveen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Namaste Santoshji, Jitendraji,
>
> On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM Jitendra Pant via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> If I may add my request to Shri Santosh's: I would love to know which
>> English commentaries and translations of the Upanishads to go for, and
>> also
>> for the other seminal texts, such as Vedanta-Sara, Aporaksha Anubhuti, and
>> Drg-Drisya Viveka etcetera. It is difficutl to find one that is lucid as
>> well as punctilious to the original.
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM santosh mahapatra via Advaita-l <
>> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > I am keen to read and understand Vedas/Upansihads (possibly the
>> > commentaries of Masters) in the English versions as I am not quite
>> > comfortable in Sanskrit. May I have your suggestions regarding the
>> order in
>> > which I should begin my journey? Should I begin with Vedas or
>> Upanishads?
>> >
>>
>> I would suggest to learn under a teacher live physically, online or
> recordings on Youtube, etc, in that order. If not, I found the
> Upanishad+bhAShya translations of Ramakrishna Ashram's Sw. Gambhiranandaji
> useful before i learnt Sanskrit. You could also try Gita press
> publications.
>
> For Vivekachudamani, Bharati Vidya Bhavan's book with HH Sringeri's
> vyAkhyA <https://archive.org/details/vivekachudamani_202201> is good. I
> think they still sell them, so pls prefer to buy.
>
> For other prakaraNa granthas, you could try Ramakrishna Ashram, Gitapress,
> Divine Life Society, or Arsha Vidya Gurukulam publications, but it is
> difficult to get exactly what you are looking for. You could also teaching
> styled books/notes of Sw. Paramarthanandaji available at arshaavinash.in.
>
> If you haven't studied Tattvabodha, pls start there; then study
> Drgdrshyaviveka, Vivekachudamani, and/or at least parts of Panchadashi,
> etc, before anything in prasthAnatraya.
>
> (PS: Pls use appropriate subject lines instead of responding to any
> available thread)
>
> gurupAdukAbhyAm,
>
> Ananta Chaitanya,
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