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The Upanishads
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Dialogues and teachings probing what underlies the world and whether the self within is identical to it, arriving at formulations like tat tvam asi, you are that. Composed over centuries and the seedbed for most later Indian philosophy.
Why you should read this
A set of philosophical texts appended to the Vedas that shifted Indian religious thought from ritual toward metaphysics, taking up the nature of the self and its relation to ultimate reality. Foundational reading for anyone approaching Vedanta or Hindu philosophy at its source.
- Field
- Philosophy
- Form
- Non-fiction
- Published
- 600 BCE
- Themes
- Indian PhilosophyPhilosophy
