- and point out the narrow path of perfection which leads to it. 'in the "dhammapada" we can hear the voice of buddha', writes juan mascaro, translator of the bhagavad gita and the 'upanishads'. 'this gospel of light and love is amongst the greatest spiritual works of man. each verse is like a small star and the whole has the radiance of eternity'. this translation first published 1973: translator died 1987.

Author Biography

Juan Mascaro read Modern and Oriental Languages at Cambridge, lectured in Oxford and eventually became Professor of English at Barcelona University. He has translated the Upanisads and the Bhagavad Gita. He died in 1987. Juan Mascaro read Modern and Oriental Languages at Cambridge, lectured in Oxford and eventually became Professor of English at Barcelona University. He has translated the Upanisads and the Bhagavad Gita. He died in 1987.