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

[Jitendra Pant]

Namaste and dhanyavad, Michael.

Yes, I am aware of A J Alston's translations. But I believe his Shankara
source books and Heart of Shankara (Naiskarmya Siddhi) are only availble
from

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM Michael Chandra Cohen <
michaelchandra108 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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