What Are the Upanishads?

What are the ancient Upanishads of the Hindu tradition? What kind of information do they contain? Here's a brief overview. If you're curious to hear an example verse from Taittiriya Upanishad, click here: • What Are the Five Kosh...
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[@Advaitamanta]

Upnishads is the pinnacle of Human Philosophy/spirituality and human understanding of consciousness

[@malianwong]

Rubbish, the hendu philosophy has nothing to offer ,you must look how the shudra and dalits are treated in endia...today

[@Indo_pasafic]

Upanishads are not dealing with any social strature..... The meaning of Upanishads are against the discrimination....but it fails in puting in Indian society that's the reality😊​@@malianwong

[@rishu-xg3rr]

@@malianwong that begin in 1000 year bcuz of invasion and destruction of knowledge and teacher

[@Deepak.Gupta23]

Overjoyed to see humanity getting closer to the ultimate reality Hare Krishna

[@KX5215]

They won't bro Can you tell me good english translations of major Upnishads bro

[@SB-iz8sz]

@@KX5215 be grateful that folks are interested… please don’t judge others. Be grateful. We are all reincarnations and working of Karma. Perhaps learn a lesson to help you on your path🙏

[@KX5215]

@@SB-iz8sz Ok , Gud

[@malianwong]

Humanity getting closer to hare krishna ,are you for real ? The great majority of hendus have never read any of the hendu "holy" books and those who have read have read it in the national language of endia ,the Great English language ,the language of the people that have brought endia into existence as a political entity ,the Great British people....

[@malianwong]

@@KX5215 He just running his mouth out ,he would know how a upanishads book looks like...if he was hit on his head with it...🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@चेतन_महाराष्ट्र]

I used to think of Atma as a soul. Now I understand that we have been using it in words where it symbolizes as 'Self'. Like the word Atmanirbhar - self reliant. Atmavishwas - self confidence.

[@manh9105]

Atma is not soul. I guess one should refer to sanksrit non-translatables by Rajiv Malhotra who clearly describes the sanksrit words which have no equivalence in western lexicon

[@smlanka4u]

Avatar is a later developed concept. Upanishads texts are not older than Buddhism. The written Sanskrit texts are not older than 400 or 500 BCE. So those texts can't prove that Modern Hinduism didn't copy from Buddhism. I was talking about evidence, about interpretations. Try to study scientific methods to prove the history using facts. You can't show me a statue of Rama or Khrishna older than Buddhism. The evidence shows the existence of Buddhism all around India before the rise of modern Hinduism. And some Hindus tried to change those statues and tried to make wrong interpretations sometimes. The Buddhist text contain a lot of information about a lot of religions in India. The Buddha and Buddhists argued with Brahamanins who studied Vedic texts, but they didn't discuss names of the modern Hindu Gods Rama and Khrishna, and other Avatars, including word Avatar itself. Also, according to the early Buddhist texts, the Brahamins didn't discuss with the Buddha about the teachings in Upanishads because most likely Upanishads didn't exist at that time. Later developed texts contain a lot of copied knowledge.

[@DHRUVS63]

@@smlanka4uneo buddhist spotted

[@A_T492]

​@@smlanka4uhindus copied from Buddhism😂😂 nice joke

[@greaterbharat4175]

​​​@@smlanka4uwhat is contribution of your people in Buddism? By the way Their has been whole scriptures dedicate discussion of Brahmins and Buddha ( agganna Sutta)

[@KbIPbIL0]

i love your voice, sounds pretty epic ❤ i’d love to hear analysis of selected upanishads that you find important for grasping the understanding the others, i felt kind of confused at many of them

[@jyotivyas9286]

Jai Upnishad. 😊👌💐Very Nice Explained brother ॐ शांति। ॐ bhrhm।

[@srirj44]

Keep up your great work brother.

[@g.v.subrmaniammania5726]

MOST SUCCICT DEFINITION. APPRECIATE MR.REES. FROM THIS EMANATES SANATANA. NO DOGMATISM BUT LEAVES THIS IDEA'S DEVELOPMENT TO " RITA SATYAM"- CHANGED VERSION OF THIS TO EVERY AGE OF HUMANITY. G.V.SUBRAMANIAM

[@ailaranta2606]

Clear and concise.. so usefull..

[@hansombrother1]

Very good Summary.

[@Mephisto-3]

Thank you very much. It was very helpful

[@BBCBullshit]

Keep growing brother you will get more audience, I got recommended your channel just now..

[@kenanklovitch8117]

Excellent explanation, I love reading the Upanishads.

[@kks8142]

Great, I loved your explanation of atman and Brahman. Couple of questions- How to experience this idea ? And how to put to use in our daily life to enhance our human experience ?

[@anilkumarna9117]

According to the Rishi's who attained the stage of Atma sakshatkar(self reliance), you have to get rid of all your wishes that come from your all five senses and practice it for years. For this you need hata yoga practices, dhyana etc. It's a vast subject and you need a Guru to be guided properly.🙏

[@indrajitmajumdar8590]

First tell me what is your idea of "human experience", what are your expectations?

[@indrajitmajumdar8590]

Spirituality is transcendental, it cannot be defined within the cage of physicality.

[@lloydmckay3241]

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[@mlissgay5054]

Thank you for sharing this ❤ aloha from big island 🏝️

[@ranjitchaudhury4521]

Well explained. Western idealism especially Kantian philosophy says the ultimate reality ( thing in itself ).cannot be experienced or known. Upanishad says it can be after attaining that " The Knowledge " ( Bramhan)

[@MrNitKap]

As a Hindu, I do think that you video explains what Upanishads are in simple and clear terms. I also encourage readers to do a search on Schrödinger and his ideas on Vedas about singularity. Some very interesting articles about ‘Consciousness’ in the context of the ‘Observer’ and the ‘Observed’ and how it relates to Quantum Physics and age old Hindu ideas about ‘Self/Atman’ and universal consciousness. For those who understand the EPR paradox and what Einstein said was ‘Spooky action at a distance’…how does information travel instantly ?

[@pprehn5268]

Thanks for the quick overview

[@saurabhtiwari7213]

Love you sir from India

[@Troller_007]

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A HINDU?- By Francois Gautier. Diversity in Divinity , Universal in Spirituality. Unity in Humanity 1) Believe in God ! - Aastik - Accepted 2) Don't believe in God ! - You're accepted as Nastik 3) You want to worship idols - please go ahead. You are a murti pujak. 4) You dont want to worship idols - no problem. You can focus on Nirguna Brahman. 5) You want to criticise something in our religion. Come forward. We are logical. Nyaya, Tarka etc. are core Hindu schools. 6) You want to accept beliefs as it is. Most welcome. Please go ahead with it. 7) You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita - Sure ! 8) You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads - Go ahead. 9) You want to start your journey by reading Purana - Be my guest. 10) You just don't like reading Puranas or other books. No problem my dear. Go by Bhakti tradition . ( bhakti- devotion) 11) You don't like idea of Bhakti ! No problem. Do your Karma. Be a karmayogi. 12) You want to enjoy life. Very good. No problem at all. This is Charvaka Philosophy. 13) You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life & find God - jai ho ! Be a Sadhu, an ascetic ! 14) You don't like the concept of God. You believe in Nature only - Welcome. (Trees are our friends and Prakriti or nature is worthy of worship). 15) You believe in one God or Supreme Energy. Superb! Follow Advaita philosophy 16) You want a Guru. Go ahead. Receive gyaan. 17) You don't want a Guru.. Help yourself ! Meditate, Study ! 18) You believe in Female energy ! Shakti is worshipped. 19) You believe that every human being is equal. Yeah! You're awesome, come on let's celebrate Hinduism! "Vasudhaiva kutumbakam" (the world is a family) 20) You don't have time to celebrate the festival. Don't worry. One more festival is coming! There are multiple festivals every single day of the year. 21) You are a working person. Don't have time for religion. Its okay. You will still be a Hindu. 22) You like to go to temples. Devotion is loved. 23) You don't like to go to temples - no problem. You are still a Hindu! 24) You know that Hinduism ☺ is a way of life, with considerable freedom. 25) You believe that everything has God in it. So you worship your mother, father, guru, tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth, Universe! 26) And If you don't believe that everything has GOD in it - No problems. Respect your viewpoint. 27) "Sarve jana sukhino bhavantu " (May you all live happily) You represent this! You're free to choose, my dear Hindu! This is exactly the essence of Hinduism, all inclusive .. That is why it has withstood the test of time inspite of repeated onslaught both from within and outside, and assimilated every good aspects from everything . That is why it is eternal !!! There is a saying in Rigveda , the first book ever known to mankind which depicts the Hinduism philosophy in a Nutshell -" Ano bhadrah Krathavo Yanthu Vishwathah"- Let the knowledge come to us from every direction..

[@Ekam-Sat]

What is your favorite Upanishad?

[@EvaDempsey-j1f]

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[@adisciple]

Which is the best publish of the Upanishad’s? Blessings.

[@maheshseshadri490]

It also means Science of Consciousness.

[@DaveLarson-f8u]

Upanishads are a punishment doled out by Lord Swaminarayan for those who dare not to follow the ways of Hinduism.

[@ShivMathur]

Read my book “Meditation and Spirituality a Philosophy” - A Path to Attain a Steady Meditative State

[@VisheshSingh-bs5is]

You look like tobey maquire

[@uB39106]

You say, the one reality is "Brahma" as per the Upanishads. So is that "Brahma" Lord Brahma? The creator?

[@giridhar8012]

No. In Vedas Brahma means supreme god. In puranas Brahma means four head Brahma who made the entire universe. Vedas are core part of Hinduism i.e sanathana dharma. Vedas explains the oneness of universe and explains about supreme god. Puranas are stories, mythology, cosmological events, social structure and give information of incarnations of supreme god. So the Brahma in puranas is four head Brahma and in Vedas Brahma is supreme god. Similarly in Vedas purusha means supreme god in puranas purusha means human. There are many synonyms for a word in Sanskrit. There are four Vedas Rig Veda, Sama Veda, yajur Veda and Atharva Veda. These contains mantras. For explaining these mantras from the core part there are four types of explainations. They are Upanishads, aranyakas, samhithas and jyothishas. Apart from these there are 18 puranas and 4 epics. Epics are ramayanam, mahabharatham , bhagavatham and devi bhagavatham. And a well known holy Hindu scripture is Bhagavad Geeta.

[@pratikkumar1118]

It's not bramha, it's Bramhan which is the ultimate underpinning reality!

[@momoomom1783]

@@giridhar8012 abey chutiye, brahman aur brahma mai difference hai.

[@aashishdevgun]

@@momoomom1783 But your reaction is not appropriate bro!

[@vedicarya7]

@@momoomom1783 to usne kab kaha nahi hai bhai? Waise to difference sach me nahi he Brahman ke definition ke hisab se

[@dragonfliesbutterfliesandb4367]

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[@lalappahospet910]

You do unifying all human being not orthodox speaks

[@reincarnatedmosquito]

The reality is what we manifest. There is nothing else. There is no true reality. Anyone say otherwise is making up as they go.

[@vga-t7m]

hinduism is a made up word during Brit Raj season. and the proper word is Oppani not Upani. and it has nothing to do with the current religious practices. it was created long before man invented gods n religions. and when we were one with nature which is a creation of the universe. sit n figure it over a cuppa and rethink your stories

[@par5308]

Please spread this knowledge to the world humanity salvation is imbibed in the vedas as it is not prescribed what to do and what not to do but it provides tools to us all to be one with all of us on earth and far beyond....JAI SHREE RAM

[@hkumar7340]

1:23 -- The identity of Brahman and Atman can be known "experientially"... That is the SUM and SUBSTANCE of the Upanishads. Exactly right! 👌

[@Mlecchakshaydixit]

Dear one thing is for sure that he is a great scholar

[@vish2553]

Identity of Brahman and Atman? Ayam Atma Brahman, I am that Brahman says the Vedas! Not two identities. You are That, tat Tvam asi.

[@cvenkat7766]

"Let goodness come from all directions ". "Oh Almighty ! Please lead me from darkness to light , from ignorance to knowledge and from death to Eternal bliss ". -- Upanishads

[@gameraj881]

Where are you from??

[@cvenkat7766]

@@gameraj881 . I am from India .

[@skylark5249]

Please do a longer video on the Upanishads and for those who want to learn more about Hindu philosophy. Where to start and which book to pick up first ?

[@569-shashankjoshi7]

If you are indian search 'acharya prashant + topic( you want to know)'..

[@ringingthebells307]

I have started living a new life soon after I started to learn abt advait vedanta. Those who r unaware of it, they miss the core , the essence , the reality . This is so powerful and logical that even intellectual knowledge will make u blissful, what to say abt actual realisation. The greatest scientist r now deciphering how external world is appearing by the act of observation thru quantum physics and what ever they could tell all those were already contained in one or two mantras of upanishads. Thanks a lot

[@lloydmckay3241]

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[@lloydmckay3241]

Advaita is only one aspect of the Supreme Absolute.

[@uB39106]

I like the way you pronounce the words..❤️❤️❤️

[@frun]

Atman=Brahma=fractal/self-similarity ?

[@ileanarontea01]

Are there any vedic texts that discuss "fighting the forces of darkness", or talk about star beings?

[@rahulvyas6696]

In Upnishad guru is one who cure darkness or provide light. It could be anything. Mainly associated with light of knowledge.

[@rohanmaghade]

Look into puranas

[@mohanisingh8230]

God bless you wonderfully explanation

[@therealsanatanIn]

Om Namah Bhagabate vasudevaya

[@noko4247]

are we our atman? i know the body is the vessel for atman but is that atman, me? does it have consciousness?

[@dannystark7668]

Consciousness is the atma!!part of ultimate consciousness Brahman Allah father etc.

[@Atheisttandpatriotic]

😭😢We have so much of knowledge imbibed book,yet we couldn't teach our significant population about these philosophies and knowledge and still we are not doing it😭😥.We are really to need to build big institutes to promote our vedic and upnisads teaching😊

[@tinawalker8174]

Thank you for your clear and concise explanation.

[@saurabhghosh4954]

Please do a video on Vedanta

[@aumnamashivaya4]

Would you elaborate on Brahman?

[@dannystark7668]

Do you want definition of Brahman or summary?

[@aumnamashivaya4]

@@dannystark7668 just Brahman,tks

[@dannystark7668]

@@aumnamashivaya4 At start there was nothing but Brahman-'Brah' means capable of dividing/growing and man means consciousness i.e. consciousness capable of dividing/growing is Brahman. It was alone so it did what every conscious being alone would do,it divided to avoid loneliness and this division was like an explosion from a single point (big bang).This led to formation of 2 dimensions space(Vishnu) and time(Shiva) .After some cooling quarks formed and then atom formed with electron(Brahma, attracted to proton and symbolised by growing out of Vishnu's navel),proton (Vishnu) and neutron(Shiva). Then Brahma started creating everything symbolisation of exchanges of electron to form molecules compounds etc. Then life formed . But there was also another thing which released during the explosion-shakti. It paralled with all 3 to form everything.without it everything is inert(dead). Eg: Brahma needs knowledge (Saraswati) to create Vishnu needs wealth ( Lakshmi) to maintain and preserve Shiva needs Shakti(Parvati) to destroy. All these are brahman itself .All other gods are either avatars or demigods(devtas) . Brahman is similar to Allah father etc. Any doubts please ask

[@mitchjames9350]

Brahman is the ultimate reality, supreme consciousness.

[@aumnamashivaya4]

@@mitchjames9350 would you explain further? Thanks

[@Indygo9]

What am I?

[@armajroy]

Google it! (Previous one is just a joke. From my knowledge, you are a fragment of Brahma who has to do duty/ perform moral obligations to make a balance between everything. Sounds quite rhetorical but you will understand later.)

[@reincarnatedmosquito]

A man who speak truth will never speak words.

[@devalarees9987]

I guess you're not speaking truth then.

[@reincarnatedmosquito]

@@devalarees9987 You understand ? How do you know i lied? Now according to my comment i lied. You can only go by my statement. its paradoxial statement. You can only see truth when you see paradox. Because you are the one decides which way you go. I cant tell you anything. Its you decide everything. because your brain conditioned by what you have been exposed. if you had NDE experience , you would not ask me any question. All our life we learn everything with words. To understand what i say is your have to erase your mind. Erase your belief You have to be beliefless to see things. We humans live in lies and die in reality We humans ask hard question to ourself when you have experienced near death. Its impossible to tell anyone unless they have someform of loose beliefs. Then it can ring in their mind Otherwise your belief is OPAQUE WALL. You only hear your beliefs. That is what your life become. A frog in the well. Only few dare peek outside the cave. This is not about bravery or courage. its just that you need a familiarity of detachment That you wont have unless you died and come back. Understand this. There is nothing wrong with anything. What is the point of knowing truth and dead. Just live a life like hare krishana or pentecost Bakthi. For simple minded ... if you want to expose sadhguru or hinduism... then ask the right question to yourself We are all , always talking to ourself using others anyways. Everyone is some sort of mirror. Not 100% reflectivity though.

[@rain0069]

​​@@devalarees9987well said thanks Edit: the vid , not sure what's going on between you 2😂

[@raakshas5547]

*Braham and bramha is not equal. Both are different.Upansihads are the core of Indian philosophy. On the other hand, Vedant is a Atheist Indian philosophy. Proud to be an Advaiti*

[@unknownos2442]

vedant is not atheist philosophy

[@venkatraman9699]

@ Rakshas: Anta of Veda is Vedanta; each vedas has an upanishad ..Luke Sama Veda has CHANDOGYA Upanishad, which is considered the essence of vedanta. Atheism has nothing to be compared with vedanta ak upanishads

[@smlanka4u]

Upanishads texts are not older than Buddhism. The written Sanskrit texts are not older than 400 or 500 BCE. So those texts can't prove that Modern Hinduism didn't copy from Buddhism. I was talking about evidence, about interpretations. Try to study scientific methods to prove the history using facts. You can't show me a statue of Rama or Khrishna older than Buddhism. The evidence shows the existence of Buddhism all around India before the rise of modern Hinduism. And some Hindus tried to change those statues and tried to make wrong interpretations sometimes. The Buddhist text contain a lot of information about a lot of religions in India. The Buddha and Buddhists argued with Brahamanins who studied Vedic texts, but they didn't discuss names of the modern Hindu Gods Rama and Khrishna, and other Avatars, including word Avatar itself. Also, according to the early Buddhist texts, the Brahamins didn't discuss with the Buddha about the teachings in Upanishads because most likely Upanishads didn't exist at that time.

[@sriramj7323]

The Brhadaranyaka and the Chandogya are Upanishads earlier than Buddha was even Born.

[@smlanka4u]

@@sriramj7323, Ramayana story developed later because the Buddha mentioned it first. Rama-Panditha was one previous life of Buddha. Modern Hinduism likely used that Buddhist tale to make the Hindu story in order to make the Buddha an avatar of Vishnu. It was cheating. According to the Buddhist story, Seetha was Rama's sister. The modern Hindu story made her Rama's wife. And the Buddhist tale didn't mention Lanka, Hanuman, Ravan, and a war with Rama. Most likely, modern Hinduism was developed in south India after the invasion of the south Indian Kalinga Kindom by the north Indian King Ashok. All the written texts about Rama in modern Hinduism are not older than Buddhism. Don't try to use your imaginations to make the existing texts older than Buddhism. There is a difference between facts and unverifiable imaginations. Believing is not facts.

[@Vededits6542]

@@smlanka4u bro tera buddha sirf 2500 saal purana hai samjha aur hamara dharm sabse purana hai itna purana ki evidence thodi si hi bachi hai Aur hamara dharm sabse zyada logical hai scientist hamare dharm se hi prerna lete hai

[@smlanka4u]

@@Vededits6542, Hindus took Rama from Buddhism, and wrote Ramayana. There are no Sanskrit Texts older than 500 BCE. New stories can't make the new Hinduism older.

[@Vededits6542]

@@smlanka4u actually I don't want to debate with you here 😂😂 with typing hope will have a online debate