The three points of departure

Īśa Upaniṣad

Eighteen verses. Enjoy the world, own none of it; act fully, renounce the grip.

c. 500–400 BCE

When: c. 500–400 BCE
Where it sits: The three points of departure

The shortest complete statement of how non-duality is supposed to be lived by someone with a job and a family.

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Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad, word-by-word teaching — Swami Dayananda Saraswati A modern teacher of the Śaṅkara line unfolding the same verses for a reader with no Sanskrit.
Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad, Chinmaya commentary — Swami Chinmayananda Chinmayananda's reading of renunciation as a change of ownership rather than a change of address.

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