Part ii of the book was subsequently decoupled from spanish testament and, with minor modifications, published on its own under the title dialogue with death see quotation below. The bhagavad gita, the song of the lord, is the best known and most read of all the indian scriptures, featured on college reading lists, quoted in yoga magazines, found in all good libraries and bookstores, and recognized as part of the wisdom literature of all time. Eknath easwaran is currently considered a single author. In this bestselling and expanded edition of the most famous and popular of indian scriptures, eknath easwaran contextualizes the book culturally and historically and explains the key concepts of hindu religious thought and the technical vocabulary of yoga. The bhagavad gita is the best known of all the indian scriptures, and eknath easwarans bestselling translation is reliable, readable, and profound. So ends part i of the katha upanishad, as translated by eknath easwaran in this recent work, from an earlier edition entitled dialogue with death.
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