Mandukya Upanishad
by K. D. Sethna

English translation, notes and commentary of one of the most profound Upanishads; with an introduction by Dr.Robert M.Kleinman, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Pensacola Junior College, Florida, U.S.A..

In his introduction to the book Dr.Kleinman writes:... Sethna has made a substantial contribution to our understanding of the nature of mysticism by showing that the Mandukya Upanishad can be interpreted as a handbook of "Integral Spirituality" which denies neither the visionary heights toward which the mystic aspires, nor the value of this world in which the scaling of those heights becomes a supremely meaningful experience for the individual.

Since the Mandukya Upanishad has ordinarily been taken as a basic text for the world-denying orientation of 'mayavada', Sethna's work, saturated as it is with the genius of Sri Aurobindo, could well be a regenerative force in a field of research which has been considered closed and unrewarding by many Western students of Indian thought.