Īśa Upaniṣad · Īśāvāsya
Veda: Śukla Yajurveda
Structure: 18 Mantras (no subdivisions)
The Lord dwells in all · Renunciation through action
Begin Reading →Kena Upaniṣad · By Whom?
Veda: Sāmaveda
Structure: 4 Khaṇḍas · 35 Mantras
- Khaṇḍa 1: Mantras 1–9
- Khaṇḍa 2: Mantras 1–5
- Khaṇḍa 3: Mantras 1–12
- Khaṇḍa 4: Mantras 1–9
Inquiry into the source of consciousness
Begin Reading →Kaṭha Upaniṣad · Nachiketa & Death
Veda: Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda
Structure: 2 Adhyāyas × 3 Vallīs each · 119 Mantras
- Adhyāya 1 · Vallī 1: 29 mantras
- Adhyāya 1 · Vallī 2: 25 mantras
- Adhyāya 1 · Vallī 3: 17 mantras
- Adhyāya 2 · Vallī 1: 15 mantras
- Adhyāya 2 · Vallī 2: 15 mantras
- Adhyāya 2 · Vallī 3: 18 mantras
Nachiketa's dialogue with Yama · The path to immortality
Begin Reading →Praśna Upaniṣad · Six Questions
Veda: Atharvaveda
Structure: 6 Praśnas (Questions) · 67 Mantras
- Praśna 1: 16 mantras (Origin of creation)
- Praśna 2: 13 mantras (Prāṇa supremacy)
- Praśna 3: 12 mantras (Prāṇa and mind)
- Praśna 4: 11 mantras (Sleep and dream states)
- Praśna 5: 7 mantras (Meditation on OM)
- Praśna 6: 8 mantras (The sixteen parts)
Pippalāda's answers on cosmic truth
Begin Reading →Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad · The Shaven One
Veda: Atharvaveda
Structure: 3 Muṇḍakas × 2 Khaṇḍas · 64 Mantras
- Muṇḍaka 1 · Khaṇḍa 1: 9 mantras
- Muṇḍaka 1 · Khaṇḍa 2: 13 mantras
- Muṇḍaka 2 · Khaṇḍa 1: 10 mantras
- Muṇḍaka 2 · Khaṇḍa 2: 11 mantras
- Muṇḍaka 3 · Khaṇḍa 1: 10 mantras
- Muṇḍaka 3 · Khaṇḍa 2: 11 mantras
Higher and lower knowledge · Two paths
Begin Reading →Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad · OM & Four States
Veda: Atharvaveda
Structure: 12 Mantras (no subdivisions)
OM and the four states of consciousness · Shortest Upaniṣad
Begin Reading →Taittirīya Upaniṣad · The Five Sheaths
Veda: Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda
Structure: 3 Vallīs (Valleys) · 31 Anuvākas
- Śikṣāvallī (Valley of Instruction): Anuvākas 1–12
- Brahmānandavallī (Valley of Brahman's Bliss): Anuvākas 1–9
- Bhṛguvallī (Valley of Bhṛgu): Anuvākas 1–10
Phonetics · Brahman as bliss · Five sheaths (pañcakośa)
Begin Reading →Aitareya Upaniṣad · Creation & Consciousness
Veda: Ṛgveda
Structure: 3 Adhyāyas with Khaṇḍas · 33 Mantras
- Adhyāya 1: 3 Khaṇḍas (Creation of universe and human)
- Adhyāya 2: 1 Khaṇḍa (Birth and rebirth)
- Adhyāya 3: 1 Khaṇḍa (Prajñāna is Brahman)
Creation · Rebirth · Consciousness as Brahman
Begin Reading →Chāndogya Upaniṣad · Tat Tvam Asi
Veda: Sāmaveda
Structure: 8 Adhyāyas with Khaṇḍas · ~627 Mantras
- Adhyāya 1: 13 Khaṇḍas (Udgītha meditation)
- Adhyāya 2: 24 Khaṇḍas (Sāman worship)
- Adhyāya 3: 19 Khaṇḍas (Various meditations)
- Adhyāya 4: 17 Khaṇḍas (Jānaśruti, Satyakāma)
- Adhyāya 5: 24 Khaṇḍas (Five fires, transmigration)
- Adhyāya 6: 16 Khaṇḍas ("Tat Tvam Asi")
- Adhyāya 7: 26 Khaṇḍas (Nārada and Sanatkumāra)
- Adhyāya 8: 15 Khaṇḍas (Space in the heart)
"You are That" · Udgītha · One of the longest Upaniṣads
Begin Reading →Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · The Great Forest
Veda: Śukla Yajurveda
Structure: 6 Adhyāyas with Brāhmaṇas · 47 Brāhmaṇas total
- Adhyāya 1: 6 Brāhmaṇas (Horse sacrifice, creation, Prāṇa)
- Adhyāya 2: 6 Brāhmaṇas (Gārgya, Maitreyi dialogue)
- Adhyāya 3: 9 Brāhmaṇas (Janaka's court, "Neti Neti")
- Adhyāya 4: 6 Brāhmaṇas (Dream/sleep, death/rebirth)
- Adhyāya 5: 15 Brāhmaṇas (Pūrṇam, Da-Da-Da teaching)
- Adhyāya 6: 5 Brāhmaṇas (Pañcāgnividyā, procreation)
Ātman is Brahman · "Not this, not this" · Longest Upaniṣad
Begin Reading →Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad · The Lord
Veda: Kṛṣṇa Yajurveda
Structure: 6 Adhyāyas · 113 Mantras
- Adhyāya 1: 16 mantras (Questions on causation)
- Adhyāya 2: 17 mantras (Yoga practice)
- Adhyāya 3: 21 mantras (The Supreme Lord)
- Adhyāya 4: 22 mantras (One God, many forms)
- Adhyāya 5: 14 mantras (Knowledge and liberation)
- Adhyāya 6: 23 mantras (Devotion to the Lord)
The Lord (Īśvara) · Liberation through devotion · Rudra-Śiva theology
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