While among the most important literature in the history of Indian religions and culture, the Upanishads document a wide variety of "rites, incantations, and esoteric knowledge" [6] departing from Vedic ritualism and interpreted in various ways in the later commentarial traditions.

2024年12月19日 · Upanishad, one of four genres of texts that together constitute each of the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of most Hindu traditions. Each of the four Vedas—the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda, and Atharvaveda—consists of a Samhita (a “collection” of hymns or sacred formulas); a liturgical prose

6 天之前 · The word ‘Upanishad’ has been derived from the root Sad (to sit), to which are added two prefixes: Upa and Ni. The prefix Upa denotes nearness and Ni totality. Thus, this word means ‘sitting near by devotedly’.

What is the real meaning of Upanishad? Upanishad is one of the central religious texts of the Hindus that have been recorded from oral traditions. They contain philosophical principles and concepts of Hinduism. They mainly center on karma, Brahman, atman, and moksha. Upanishad emphasize on self-realization through yoga and meditation practices.

2020年6月10日 · The Upanishads are the philosophical-religious texts of Hinduism (also known as Sanatan Dharma meaning “Eternal Order” or “Eternal Path”) which develop and explain the fundamental tenets of the religion. The name is translated as to “sit down closely” as one would to listen attentively to instruction by a teacher or other authority figure.

2020年7月21日 · Prasna Upanishad. This Upanishad is a series of philosophical questions asked by several disciples and answered by the Sage Pippalada. The text discusses the nature of Brahman and the origin, existence, and goal of life.

2025年1月14日 · With the last component of the Vedas, the philosophically oriented and esoteric texts known as the Upanishads (traditionally “sitting near a teacher” but originally understood as “connection” or “equivalence”), Vedic ritualism and the doctrine of the interconnectedness of separate phenomena were superseded by a new emphasis on knowledge alone—pr...

The Upanishads are the supreme work of the Indian mind, and that it should be so, that the highest self-expression of its genius, its sublimest poetry, its greatest creation of the thought and word should be not a literary or poetical masterpiece of the ordinary kind, but a large flood of spiritual revelation of this direct and profound characte...

The Isha Upanishad invokes the purnam, God as the infinitely compacted vibrantly overflowing fullness, which fills and saturates the whole of the infinite spectrum harmonizing infinitely expanding opposites: moving and unmoving, near and far, internal and external, material and immaterial, manifest and unmanifest.

The Upanishads, also known as Vedanta (the conclusion of the Vedas), are philosophical and mystical scriptures that explore the fundamental nature of reality and the self. Each Upanishad is linked to a specific Veda and offers profound insights into spiritual knowledge and self-realization.