Eknath Easwaran (1910�1999) grew up in India and brings to this volume a knowledge of Sanskrit and Pali. He became a professor of English literature before settling in the West, where he taught the Indian spiritual classics and meditation for over forty years.
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A gifted writer who lived what he taught, he explained the concepts underlying Indian spirituality to Western readers in fresh and profoundly simple ways.

His translations of the Indian classics, The Dhammapada, The Bhagavad Gita, and The Upanishads, are all best-selling editions in English. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages, and more than 1.5 million copies are in print