Questions tagged [chandogya-upanishad]
Chandogya Upanishad or Chhandogya Upansihad is a text in the Chandogya Brahmana of the Sama Veda. Its name is derived form Chhanda or poetic meters used in Sanskrit.
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Do characters in the same Brahmavidya always have the same caste?
As I discuss in the this answer, by far the most popular school of Hindu philosophy is the Vedanta school, which bases its tenets on the doctrines laid out in the Brahma Sutras, a work by the sage ...
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Who agrees with Kumarila Bhatta that the Chandogya Upanishad refers to magical powers?
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What kings passed on the Panchagni Vidya of the Upanishads?
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Who was Shwetaketu's biological father?
One of the most famous parts of the Chandogya Upanishad is the dialogue of the sage Uddalaka Aruni with his son Shwetaketu. (It's known as the Sad Vidya, and it's one of the 32 Brahma Vidyas.) It is ...
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How come Brahmins didn't have knowledge of Adhyatma-Vidya as per Chandogya Upanishad?
As per Chandogya Upanishad 5.3, Śvetaketu, son of Gautama Rishi, went to the court of the Pañcālas where the prince Pravāhaṇa, the son of Jīvala, asked him a series of questions related to adhyatma-...
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What are the similarities between Svabhavika Bhedabheda Vedanta and Advaita Vedanta philosophies?
As some of you might be knowing, the renowned Sri Vaishnava acharya, Ramanujacharya before becoming a Sri Vaishnava, was a disciple of a Vaishnavite named Yadava Prakasha who propounded the Svabhavika ...
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Was Shwetaketu born in a previous Kali Yuga?
As I discuss in this answer, how the Vedas originated is that from time immemorial, sages known as Dhrishtas heard sacred verses directly from the gods during a state of Tapasya (deep meditation), and ...
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Where are the Raikvaparna villages mentioned in the Chandogya Upanishad?
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