The three points of departure
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
The largest Upaniṣad. Yājñavalkya argues in public, refuses to flatter kings, and tells his wife the one thing worth knowing before he leaves.
c. 700 BCE
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- c. 700 BCE
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- The three points of departure
"Not this, not this" as a method, and the most human dialogues in the corpus.
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- Bṛhadāraṇyaka teachings — Swami Dayananda Saraswati Yājñavalkya and Maitreyī: nothing is loved for its own sake. The longest and boldest Upaniṣad.
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