{"product_id":"subtler-than-the-subtle-2002","title":"Subtler than the Subtle (2002)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"\u003eTHE UPANISHAD OF A UNITARY REALIZATION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"\u003eThe reading of all Upanishads begins with a shanti-patha, recitation of a verse to establish peace of mind and surroundings, and in interactions. The peace is realized not merely through recitation but through the contemplation of the truth expressed in such a composition. However, the traditions have often become somewhat confused over time as various schools of teaching developed. According to Shankaracharya, the shanti-patha for this Upanishad is the Hymn of Perfection: purnam adah.... However, there is an Upanishad that cata-logs various facts about the Upanishads. This, Muktika Upanishad, states that the shanti-patha for Shvetashvatara Upanishad is the Hymn of Harmony: saha nav avatu As we have based our notes about the Upanishad on the commentary by Shankaracharya, we have chosen the Hymn of Perfection as the shanti-patha.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%;\"\u003eAll traditions agree that Shvetashvatara Upanishad belongs to Krishna Yajur-veda. The published collections include up to 208 Upanishads, and there are more in the form of unpublished manuscripts; some of these are referred to in the extensive verse catalogs like that of Sadhale. Of these, ten or eleven are said to be the basic, authen-tic, Upanishads. Ten or eleven? That is where Shvetashvatara Upanishad comes in, the eleventh, somewhere in the borderline. Whether the com-mentary attributed to Shankaracharya is by the Adi-Shankaracharya or not is also doubted by the scholars. To us, the style and the philosophy look similar to that of the first Shankaracharya but these scholarly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swami Veda Bharati","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47424155615370,"sku":null,"price":525.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8583\/1818\/files\/Subtler_than_the_Subtle_2002_by_Swami_Veda_Bharati.jpg?v=1765287787","url":"https:\/\/www.motilalbanarsidass.com\/en-us\/products\/subtler-than-the-subtle-2002","provider":"Motilal Banarsidass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}