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

[Ananta Chaitanya [Sarasvati]]

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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