Śruti · Shukla Yajurveda
Isha Upanishad
ईशावास्य उपनिषद्
The indwelling Lord, renunciation and action; a compact meditation on seeing the Self in all beings.
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations
COMPLETE COLLECTION · 13
Thirteen Principal Upanishads
Explore the principal Upaniṣads through their Vedic affiliations, dialogues, teachings, major concepts and diverse Vedānta interpretations.
Śruti · Samaveda
Kena Upanishad
केन उपनिषद्
Asks what power directs mind, speech and senses; teaches that Brahman exceeds ordinary knowing.
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations
Śruti · Krishna Yajurveda
Katha Upanishad
कठ उपनिषद्
Nachiketas learns from Yama about death, the Self, disciplined choice and the path to liberation.
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations
Śruti · Atharvaveda
Prashna Upanishad
प्रश्न उपनिषद्
Six seekers ask about creation, prana, Om, states of consciousness and the person of sixteen parts.
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations
Śruti · Atharvaveda
Mundaka Upanishad
मुण्डक उपनिषद्
Distinguishes higher knowledge of the imperishable from lower learning; includes the image of two birds on one tree.
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations
Śruti · Atharvaveda
Mandukya Upanishad
माण्डूक्य उपनिषद्
Twelve mantras analyze Om and the waking, dreaming, deep-sleep and transcendent states.
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations
Śruti · Krishna Yajurveda
Taittiriya Upanishad
तैत्तिरीय उपनिषद्
Explores education, ethical instruction, the five sheaths, Brahman as truth-knowledge-infinity, and bliss.
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations
Śruti · Rigveda
Aitareya Upanishad
ऐतरेय उपनिषद्
Reflects on creation, birth and consciousness; associated with the mahavakya ‘Prajñānam Brahma.’
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations
Śruti · Samaveda
Chandogya Upanishad
छान्दोग्य उपनिषद्
A large prose Upanishad on meditation, sacred chant, being, the Self and ‘Tat Tvam Asi.’
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations
Śruti · Shukla Yajurveda
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
बृहदारण्यक उपनिषद्
One of the oldest and largest Upanishads; dialogues on Self, reality, karma, rebirth and ‘neti neti.’
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations
Śruti · Krishna Yajurveda
Shvetashvatara Upanishad
श्वेताश्वतर उपनिषद्
Develops theistic, yogic and cosmological teaching, prominently identifying Rudra as the supreme Lord.
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations
Śruti · Rigveda
Kaushitaki Upanishad
कौषीतकि उपनिषद्
Dialogues concerning prana, consciousness, rebirth and the path after death.
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations
Śruti · Krishna Yajurveda
Maitri Upanishad
मैत्री उपनिषद्
Discusses Self, mind, time, rebirth and a sixfold discipline of yoga.
Guide coverage
- Vedic source and recension
- Teaching dialogues
- Philosophical contemplations