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The Tibetan Book of the Dead
First Complete Translation
Translated by Gyurme Dorje
Edited by Graham Coleman with
Thupten Jinpa
Introductory Commentary by His Holiness
The Dalai Lama
One of the greatest works created by any
culture, and overwhelmingly the most
significant of all Tibetan Buddhist texts
in the West, The Tibetan Book of the
Dead has had a number of distinguished
but partial translations. Now the entire
text has been made available not only
in English but also in a translation of
remarkable clarity and beauty.
592 pp. 978-0-14-310494-0 $21.00
Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
The Upanishads
Selected and Translated with an
Introduction by Juan Mascaró
First written in Sanskrit between 800 and
400 b.c., these spiritual treatises form the
foundation of Hindu beliefs.
144 pp. 978-0-14-044163-5 $11.00
The Upanis • ads
Translated and Edited with an Introduction
by Valerie J. Roebuck
An “Upanis.ad” is a teaching session
with a guru, and the thirteen texts
of the “Principal Upanis.ad”—which
comprise this volume —form a series
of philosophical discourses between the
teacher and student that question the
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inner meaning of the world. Speaking
to the reader in direct, unadorned prose
or lucid verse, they embody humanity’s
perennial search for truth and knowledge.
480 pp. 978-0-14-044749-1 $13.00
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The Vinland Sagas
Translated by Keneva Kunz
Edited with an Introduction and
Notes by Gísli Sigurōsson
The all-time bestselling of the sagas in
Penguin Classics, The Vinland Sagas
are published here in a vibrant new
translation. Consisting of The Saga of the
Greenlanders and Eirik the Red’s Saga,
they chronicle the adventures of Eirik
the Red and his son, Leif Eirikson, who
explored North America 500 years before
Columbus.
256 pp. 978-0-14-044776-7 $16.00
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African Myths of Origin
Edited with an Introduction by
Stephen Belcher
Gathering a wide range of traditional
African myths, this compelling new
collection offers varied and vivid tales
whose main theme is origin. Together,
they offer a kaleidoscopic picture
representative of the rich cultures and
societies of the African continent: the ways
of life, the peoples, and the states that have
taken shape over many generations and
environments.
544 pp. 978-0-14-044945-7 $16.00