Book excerpt: Ten Upanishads Of Four Vedas,Ram K.Piparaiya:A contemporary treatise that contains unabridged texts,numerous commentaries,simplified synopses, and inspirational highlights.The book is a useful compendium of original Upanishadic texts and commentaries. Interfaith classics that contemplate on..What is God?Where from came the cosmos?Who am I?Why am I here? Upanishads are a record of human mind's earliest contemplatives flights to the unknown.Many of the anonymous seekers proceeded great masters and prophets like Lao-Tzu,Comfucius,Socrates,Zoroaster,Buddha,Mahavira,Abraham and Jesus,by at least a few centuries. Upanishads use many captivating,stories and metaphors to bring out the relationship between man,God and world.Timeless truths are condensed in profound aphorisms.After a few glimpses of Upanishads texts, their mere presence on a bookshelf inspires thoughts of wisdom.