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Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

Sri Shankaracharya · Swami Yogeshwarananda

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The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is one of the oldest Upanishads and one of the largest and important ones. It was written by Ajnavalkya in the mid-first millennium BCE. Brhadaranyaka Upanishad means the “great forest-book” – meaning that is should be read in solitude – and it consists of three part called kandas: the Madhu kanda, the Yajnavalkya or the Muni kanda and the Khila kanda. The text present various methods of meditation and a number of rites and rituals. Brhadaranyaka Upanishad concludes by describing the three virtues that one should practice: self-restraint, giving, and compassion. This is a huge PDF-file (989 pages, 56 MB), please keep that in mind when downloading: Read more