Upanishads

Cultural  

1. A group of writings sacred in Hinduism concerning the relations of humans, God, and the universe.

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Example Sentences

And I just started the Upanishads last week.

From New York Times

So I started reading the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, went to retreats, learned some chanting, studied some Sanskrit, and was like, “This is like amazing.”

From New York Times

They learn Sanskrit in order to read the “Yoga Sutras,” the “Upanishads,” the “Bhagavad Gita” in their original language.

From Los Angeles Times

It was the age of Buddha, Confucius, Lao-Tze, the Upanishads, the Hebrew prophets, Greek natural science and philosophy and so on.

From Salon

In a passage from Upanishads, the ancient and sacred texts of Hinduism, the writer proposes this thought about desire:

From Forbes