The three points of departure
Chāndogya Upaniṣad
Long, narrative, and full of teaching by experiment: salt dissolved in water, a blindfolded man led home, a father wearing his son down over nine attempts.
c. 700–600 BCE
- When
- c. 700–600 BCE
- Where it sits
- The three points of departure
Home of "tat tvam asi" — that thou art — repeated nine times because once is never enough.
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- Chāndogya, chapter six: 'tat tvam asi' classes — Swami Sarvapriyananda Nine times a father says one sentence to his son until it lands. The whole method in one dialogue.
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