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Which copy of Shankara's Commentaries on the Upanishads should i look for? I'm interested in reading both the foundational texts and the Advaitic commentary, but the edition from 1957 (8 Upanishads) seems incomplete, lacking both the Chandogya and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad.

>> No.14485073

>>14484708
I would recommend getting the 8-part translation by Gambhirananda from 1957, it's a really nice set of commentaries and it also contains Gaudapada's Mandukya Karika and Shankara's commentary on it. The Chandogya and Brihadaranyaka are large commentaries around 600-700 pages each and so you have to buy them as individual tomes. Gambhirananda has a translation of the Chandogya commentary which is excellent and Madhavananda has one of the Brihadaranyaka which is also good. If you buy those three items viz the 8-part series (in vol. 1 & 2) and Brihadaranyaka/Chandogya then you'll have all of Shankara's Upanishad commentaries that are considered to be authentic by scholars. Gambhirananda also has a translation of Shankara's commentary on the Svetasvatara Upanishad which is not considered to be authentic but I bought it anyway and it looks good from what I've read of it. There are supposed to few additional commentaries by him on minor Upanishads but from what I understand these are not thought to be authetic either.

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14485077

embarrassing and slightly unsettling as always guenonfag

>> No.14485083

>>14485073
Thank you, anon. A great help.

>> No.14485106

>>14485083
you're welcome anon, I hope you enjoy reading them

>> No.14485108

>>14484708
>>14485073
>>14485083
Weirdest samefag

>> No.14485242

>>14484708
the paranoid schizoid samefagging in these threads is scary as fuck if you think about it

>> No.14485280

look here, guenonfag is doing a genuine service by cleansing this board with genuine metaphysics. I won't stand for any slander of this titan

>> No.14485388

>>14484708
Ayushman Bhava OP. You are simply doing what you must without expectation of reward. Keep on keeping on bratha. Bhaja Govindam.

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>>14485108
>Weirdest samefag

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>>14484708
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFoiIQQIFAE

>> No.14485882

bump

>> No.14486088

>>14485398
How can one man be so based yet so cringe?

>> No.14486568

>>14485398
he strikes me as very aggressive and forceful individual, i felt uneasy watching him

>> No.14486908

>>14485077
>>14485280
What does Guenon have to do with Vedanta?

>> No.14487236

bump

>> No.14487753

>>14485882
>>14487236
based. agreed.

>> No.14488180

>>14486568
Yes, he is a very powerful man.

>> No.14488301

watch this:

You cannot refute the concept of non being with a cartesian epistemology that clings to an a priori subject

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>>14488301
OH NO NO NO NO

>> No.14488823

that anon that diagnosed his hamfisted use of memes was spot on

>> No.14489795

>>14485398
>i-i know the real stuff

>> No.14489809

>>14489795
There's the morning bump. good morning guenonfag

>> No.14489828

>>14489809
t. guenonfag

>> No.14489856

Also, what is the best translation of the Upanishads?
>>14489778
help pls

>> No.14490156

>>14489856
guenonfag

>> No.14490212

>>14490156
Not him but I'm guessing he's got some good advice on the matter. He's probably also a very intelligent and beautiful person, and has the potential to become a millionaire by virtue of his knowledge on spiritual matters alone. Then again, I wouldn't know, since I am not him, absolutely not.

>> No.14490234

>>14490212
guenonfag here, what you said is mostly correct, thank you for the kind words