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All Love Flows to the Self: Eternal Stories from the Upanishads

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A friend recommended All Love Flows to the Self... Eternal Stories from the Upanishads. She and her teenage son were sharing some quality time reading one of the twelve stories every night, and they were enjoying both the story content and the feeling of settledness that resulted from reading uplifting, classic-style literature. The book jacket comments, "The timeless and universal wisdom expressed in these twelve stories reminds us of the natural flow of life towards its supreme goal." And a reviewer goes on to say, "The Upanishads are perhaps the greatest works of wisdom known to man." I was further enticed and purchased the book. Now, I read and reread a story and stop to savor a descriptive phrase, such as "...stars, scattered across the sky like a thousand sugar crystals." And I pause now and then and realize that these stories reflect some greater, spiritual truth in my own life. All Love Flows to the Self takes the reader to a deeper, refreshing level. I also appreciate the color photos that accompany the stories, the Sanskrit phrases, and the glossary that really make this book complete.

This little volume is obviously a labor of love. It is a high quality example of the book-makers art, from cover to typeface. Of course the real star here is the stories, taken from the Upanishads and translated from the original Sanskrit by the authors. Thomas Egenes is a highly acclaimed Sanskrit scholar, and the author of the wonderfully clear and effective 'Introduction to Sanskrit' Parts one and two.

I very much enjoyed reading this book, and have given it a permanent place in my living room as a book of special worth and note.