Title Page : * "From the Upanishads", by Charles Johnston, [1899], p. i From the Upanishads p. ii Wilt thou not ope thy heart to know What rainbows teach, and sunsets show? Verdict which accumulates From lengthening scroll of human fates, Voice of earth to earth returned, Prayers of saints that inly burned...
I. In The House Of Death. The First Part : * "From the Upanishads", by Charles Johnston, [1899], p. 1 From the Upanishads p. 2 p. 3 I IN THE HOUSE OF DEATH p. 4 p. 5 IN THE HOUSE OF DEATH THE FIRST PART VJASHRAVASA, verily, seeking favour, made a sacrifice of all he possessed. He had a son, also, by name Nachiketas. Him, though still...
Ii. A Vedic Master : * "From the Upanishads", by Charles Johnston, [1899], p. 26 p. 27 II A VEDIC MASTER p. 28 p. 29 A VEDIC MASTER THESE men, Sukeshan Bhradvja, and Shivya Satyakma, and Suryyanin Grgya, and Kushalya Ashvalyana, and Bhrgava Vidarbhi, and Kabandhin Ktyyana, full of the Eternal, firm in the Eternal...
In The House Of Death, Second Part : * "From the Upanishads", by Charles Johnston, [1899], p. 18 IN THE HOUSE OF DEATH THE SECOND PART THE Self-Being pierced the openings outward; hence one looks outward, not within himself. A wise man looked towards the Self with reverted sight, seeking deathlessness. Children seek after outward...
Iii. That Thou Art : * "From the Upanishads", by Charles Johnston, [1899], p. 43 III THAT THOU ART p. 44 p. 45 THAT THOU ART THERE lived once Shvetaketu, Aruna's grandson; his father addressed him, saying Shvetaketu, go, learn the service of the Eternal; for no one, dear, of our family is an unlearned nominal...
To G. W. Russell : * "From the Upanishads", by Charles Johnston, [1899], p. xv p. xvi TO G. W. RUSSELL p. xvii TO G. W. RUSSELL THE brown and yellow of autumn are touching the chestnut-leaves again for the tenth time since those early days when we first began to seek the small old path the seers know. On such a day...
Untitled : * This short book contains translations from three crucial Upanishads, the Katha, Prasna and Chhandogya (Khandogya in SBE). The elegant, lucid translation makes this a delight to read.--J.B. Hare Title Page Contents Foreword To G. W. Russell I. In the House of Death. The First Part In the House...
Foreword : * "From the Upanishads", by Charles Johnston, [1899], p. vii FOREWORD p. viii When the scanty shores are full With Thought's perilous, whirling pool; When frail Nature can no more, Then the Spirit strikes the hour: My servant Death, with solving rite, Pours finite into infinite. R.W. EMERSON. p...