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Old 10-22-2010, 08:37 AM   #940
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Hi FlorenceArt

Well of course one of the interesting things about H. is that we only possess fragments but they are very extensive. There has been much work done on interpretation - the best I have seen is by Conche.

Yes I have made some headway and believe that the fragments are a comment on the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad. The thrust of the two works is very similar and Heraclitus illuminates the basic non-dual thrust of the upanishad.

Incidentally there is nothing "mystic" about either of these works - H. can not be interpreted in this vain.

I have now found other texts for the Upanishad which are totally non-dualist. Unfortunately not available in ebook format. There is a translation by Swami Madhavananda which includes a commentary by Sankaracarya published by Advaita at a very reasonable price.

Best regards
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