In that vast Brahma-wheel, in which all things live and rest, the bird flutters about, so long as he thinks that the self (in him) is different from the mover (the god, the lord). When he has been ...

The Mundaka Upanishad, one of the sacred Sanskrit texts of Hinduism and Buddhism was written in 64 verses in the form of mantras for teaching and meditation purposes. This particular scripture ...

The Sanskrit ligature for "Om" Source: Neel Burton The national motto of India, Satyameva Jayate (Truth Alone Triumphs), is from the Mundaka Upanishad. “Upanishad” means something like “hidden ...

Here is an introduction to The Upanishads by Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr for the discerning reader. It was Alfred North Whitehead who said: ‘The safest general characterisation of the European ...

The Upanishads are the basis for any sastra vichara, by which alone the quest for the Ultimate Truth that they call Brahman is undertaken by the jiva. Even at the outset, the focus of the Brahmasutra ...

The Vedas have portions which are referred to as Karma Kaanda. They tell us how to perform yagas, and what mantras are to be recited during these yagas. Each of these yagas is for a specific purpose.

The principal Upanishads are accepted to be those which Shankaracharya (AD 788-820) chose to comment upon. They are 10 in number and are enumerated in the Indian tradition as follows: Isha, Kena, ...