The Chandogya Upanishad, attached to the Sama Veda, is one of the oldest and longest of the principal Upanishads, its eight chapters ranging from the ritual meaning of chants to some of the tradition's most quoted philosophical teachings. Its sixth chapter records the sage Uddalaka Aruni instructing his son Svetaketu through a series of everyday analogies (a banyan seed, salt dissolved in water) culminating in the refrain "tat tvam asi," "that thou art," identifying the individual self with the underlying reality of the universe.
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Identity
Position in the CanonNinth of the thirteen principal Upanishads in their standard sequence. 1 Structure
StructureEight chapters (prapathakas); chapter six carries the tat tvam asi teaching 1 Canonicity (class) Literary form (class) Status
Canonical StatusShruti, and counted among the principal Upanishads 1 Text
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Belongs to Tradition
Source Chandogya Upanishad (Wikipedia)
Contained In
Source The Upanishads (Sacred Books of the East, vols. 1 and 15)F. Max Muller
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Originates in Language
Source An Introduction to HinduismGavin Flood
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Source The Upanishads (Sacred Books of the East, vols. 1 and 15)F. Max Muller
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1. The Upanishads (Sacred Books of the East, vols. 1 and 15)
F. Max Muller, Clarendon Press / Internet Sacred Text Archive, 1879Chandogya Upanishad, chapter 6, tat tvam asiQuote, Chandogya Upanishad, chapter 6, tat tvam asi
The Upanishads (SBE): philosophical wisdom teaching (tat tvam asi doctrine), not narrative or legal material.
An Introduction to Hinduism
Gavin Flood, Cambridge University Press, 1996on the principal Upanishads and the Sama VedaView the Source Chandogya Upanishad (Wikipedia)
Belongs to Tradition: Hinduism, Lead states it is embedded in the Sama Veda of HinduismView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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