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The Self (Ātman)
Not the body, not the thoughts — the silent awareness in which both appear.
Ātman is the deepest 'I' — not the body, not the passing thoughts and feelings, but the awareness in which all of those appear. Much of Hindu thought is a disciplined inquiry into this self: what it is, whether it is one or many, and how it relates to ultimate reality. Recognizing the self truly is, for several schools, the very heart of liberation.
How it traveled
- Bṛhadāraṇyaka UpaniṣadMithilā (kingdom of Videha) · -700explains
- Chāndogya UpaniṣadKuru-Pañcāla region · -700explains
- Aitareya UpaniṣadKuru-Pañcāla region · -700explains
- Kaṭha UpaniṣadKuru-Pañcāla region · -500explains
- Māṇḍūkya UpaniṣadKuru-Pañcāla region · -300explains
- Bhagavad-gītāKuru-Pañcāla region · -150explains
- UpadeśasāhasrīKālaḍi (Kaladi) · 710explains
- Aṣṭāvakra-gītāKāśī (Varanasi) · 1450explains
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 2,4.14↗explains
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)
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Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 3,7.16↗explains
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Vivekacūḍāmaṇi 490↗explains
Vivekacūḍāmaṇi · Śaṅkara (traditionally ascribed; authorship doubted)
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Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.13↗explains
Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad · Vedic Revelation (śruti)
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