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Excerpt from Bibliotheca Indica; Collection of Oriental Works Published Under the Patronage of the Hon. Court of Directors of the East India Company, and the Superintendence of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. 15: Nos; 41 and 50; The Taittaríya, Aitaréya, Śvétáśvatara, Kéna, Íśá, Kaṭha, Praśna, Muṇḍaka and Máṇḍakya Upanishads The first Valli endeavours to answer the first question. Its views are briey as follow: -it is generally thought that knowledge of the Védas leads to supreme happiness but the happiness, which is derived from such a knowledge, and from the performance of the rites enjoined by the Védas, viz., the enjoyment of heavenly bliss, is transient, and does not satisfy the mind of man, who is desirous of a happiness wherein there is no change. This, happiness is possible only under the condition, that the soul itself attains to an unchangeable state, and hence the ques. Tion arises, whether after death there is an existence of the soul. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.