This view is clearly expressed in the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata Purana ( 11. 5. 13 – 14 ), and the Chandogya Upanishad ( 8. 15. 1 ).

* Chandogya Upanishad I. 9. 1 translation

The Chandogya Upanishad ( 3. 17. 4 ) includes ahimsa in its list of virtues.

The Chandogya Upanishad prescribes that the Rudras be propitiated in case of sickness in this period and further says that they on departing the body become the cause of tears, the meaning of the name Rudra being the " ones who make cry ".

There are mentions of eclipse causing " demons " in the Atharaveda and Chandogya Upanishad, the Chandogya mentioning Rahu.

" The Chandogya Upanishad for example does, and it sees Self as underlying the whole world, being " below ," " above ," and in the four directions.

Prapathakas 3 – 10 form the Chandogya Upanishad.

An early reference is found in the Chandogya Upanishad ( 7. 1. 2 ).

* Panchagni yajna — This sacrifice is addressed in the Chandogya Upanishad.

Vairocana is not to be confused with Virocana, who appears in the eighth chapter of the Chandogya Upanishad as the king of the Asuras.

Advaita may be rendered in English as ' nondual ', ' not-two ' or ' peerless ' and though there are monist themes in the most recent sections of the ancient Rig Veda ( Mandala 1 and Mandala 10 ), that is, the sections that were finalized or interpolated last ; nonduality finds its first sophisticated exposition in the " Tat Tvam Asi " of the venerable Chandogya Upanishad ( 6. 8. 7 ), an upanishad favoured by subsequent proponents of Advaita Vedanta.

The formal aspects of the chant are delineated in the Samaveda, with certain aspects, e. g. the relation of chanting to meditation, elaborated in the Chandogya Upanishad ( ca.

This syllable Om is a central element of Hinduism, appearing in all the Upanishads, including the earliest Chandogya and Brihadaranyaka Upanishads, and expounded upon in the Mandukya Upanishad.

Sanat Kumara appears as a rishi in the Hindu religious text the Chandogya Upanishad, and he is also a deity in the Jain religion.

Tanka is attributed with having written commentaries on Chandogya Upanishad and Brahma Sutras.

An early version of the nadi system is mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad, which says:

The doctrine of karma dates from ancient times and besides the above author is mentioned in the Gautama dharma-sutra, Shatapatha Brahmana, Kathaaka-grhya-sutra, Chandogya Upanishad, Markandeya Purana and many others.

This period also corresponds to the composition of the Shatapatha Brahmana, which states that the victims of a Purushamedha are supposed to be released, and the composition of the Chandogya Upanishad, which lists non-violence as a virtue.

It originally occurs in the Chandogya Upanishad 6. 8. 7, in the dialogue between Uddalaka and his son Śvetaketu ; it appears at the end of a section, and is repeated at the end of the subsequent sections as a refrain.

Tat tvam asi is the Mahāvākya ( Grand Pronouncement ) from Chandogya Upanishad.

This is from Chandogya Upanishad.

* Chandogya Upanishad

The sage Uddalaka, the seer mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad, ran a school ( Ashram ) teaching the Vedas.

** Chandogya Brahmana is divided in to ten prapathakas ( chapters ).

It is largely the oldest Upanishad, excluding some parts which were composed after the Chandogya.

The Chandogya Upanishad ( Devanagri: छ ा न ् द ो ग ् य उपन ि षद ्) is one of the " primary " ( mukhya ) Upanishads.

It is part of the Chandogya Brahmana, which has ten chapters.

Vedas are followed by Upanishads the oldest, such as the Brhadaranyaka and Chandogya Upanishads, have been dated to around the 8th century BCE.

There is also a short reference in the Mahabharata ( 3. 272. 56-60 ) and a Tapani Upanishad ( Narasimha tapani Upanisad ), earliest of Vaishnava Upanishads named in reference to him.

Buddhi makes its first scriptural appearance in the Katha Upanishad ( I, 3 ), where it is compared in a famous simile to the driver of a horse and carriage.

This is the case, for instance, of King Jaivala, whose knowledge was not imparted by any priest, but rather reserved to the warrior caste ; also, in Brihadaranyaka Upanishad ( 4. 3. 1 ) King Janaka teaches the brahmana Yajnavalkya the doctrine of the transcendent Self.

Chapters 3 – 6 constitute the Kaushitaki Upanishad.

In Chapter 1 of 10th book of the Bhagavata Purana, Vasudeva, the father of Krishna, exhorts Kamsa to refrain from killing his wife, Devaki, the mother of Krishna, by stating that death is certain for those who are born and when the body returns to the five elements, the soul leaves the body and helplessly obtains another form in accordance with the laws of karma, citing passages from Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, IV: 4: 3.

Brihadaranyaka Upanishad ( 3 vols, DK )

( Mundaka Upanishad 3. 1. 1 )

The origin of the motto is a well-known mantra 3. 1. 6 from the Mundaka Upanishad.

In section 4. 3 of the Upanishad an analysis of dreams and deep sleep is presented.

– Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 1. 3. 28.

The Vrishnis are mentioned in a number of Vedic texts, which include the Taittiriya Samhita ( III. 2. 9. 3 ), the Taittiriya Brahmana ( III. 10. 9. 15 ), the Satapatha Brahmana ( III. 1. 1. 4 ) and the Jaiminiya Upanishad Brahmana ( I. 6. 1 ).

The Mundaka Upanishad is notable as the source of the phrase Satyameva jayate ( 3. 1. 6 ), the national motto of India, appearing in the national emblem having four lions.

The following quotation is from the Mundaka Upanishad 3. 2. 3: