{"id":1153,"date":"2024-06-07T00:36:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T00:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2024-06-07T00:36:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T00:36:54","slug":"7-the-upanishads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/7-the-upanishads\/","title":{"rendered":"7. The Upanishads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>6th century BC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original language: Sanskrit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hindu scriptures that constitute the core teachings of Vendanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I read the Eknath Easwaran translation (2007), chapter introductions and afterword by Michael N. Nagler, published by Nilgiri Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"488\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/upan.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1154\" style=\"width:auto;height:330px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/upan.jpeg 488w, https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/upan-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/upan-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dull, dull, dull. The only redeeming quality is that they urge the reader to meditate.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6th century BC. Original language: Sanskrit. Hindu scriptures that constitute the core teachings of Vendanta. I read the Eknath Easwaran translation (2007), chapter introductions and afterword by Michael N. Nagler, published by Nilgiri Press. Dull, dull, dull. The only redeeming quality is that they urge the reader to meditate.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-great-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1153\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/larrykooper.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}