Katha Upanishad

📦 Product Details

• Author: Swami Gambhirananda
• Publisher: Advaita Ashrama
• Publication Date: February 10, 1980
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Language: English
• Print Length: 142 pages
• ISBN-10: 8185301336
• ISBN-13: 978-8185301334
• Item Weight: 150 g

📖 About the Book

Katha Upanishad is one of the principal Upanishads and presents a profound philosophical dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama, the Lord of Death. Through this dialogue, the text explores fundamental questions concerning life, death, the nature of the Self, immortality, and ultimate reality.

Swami Gambhirananda's work provides readers with a traditional Vedantic understanding of the Upanishadic teachings. The book explores important concepts such as Atman, Brahman, self-knowledge, liberation, and the distinction between the eternal and the temporary.

This edition is particularly valuable for readers and students interested in Vedanta, Upanishadic philosophy, Advaita Vedanta, Indian philosophy, and spiritual self-inquiry.

✍️ About the Author

Swami Gambhirananda (1899–1988) was a respected monk and scholar of the Ramakrishna Order. He served as the eleventh President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission and was widely recognized for his translations and commentaries on major Sanskrit texts and works of Advaita Vedanta.