A large Upanishad of the Yajurveda, with Yajnavalkya’s debates on the self.
बृहदारण्यकोपनिषद्
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Dense and dialogical. It is often paired with the Chandogya in Vedānta study.
मुख्य उपनिषदः
The early Upanishads that later Vedānta schools keep returning to.
Open the textUpanishadsईशावास्योपनिषद्
A short Upanishad on living in a world already filled by the Lord.
Open the textUpanishadsकठोपनिषद्
Nachiketa’s questions to Yama on death, the self and what does not die.
Open the textUpanishadsमाण्डूक्योपनिषद्
Twelve mantras on Om and the four states of the self.
Open the textUpanishadsछान्दोग्योपनिषद्
A long Upanishad of the Samaveda, including the teaching “tat tvam asi”.
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