The Upanishads, Part II
Translated by F. Max Müller
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1884
First written c. 800–300 BCE (principal Upaniṣads)
In the public domain
About this text
The second volume of Müller’s Upaniṣads, translating the Kaṭha, Muṇḍaka, Taittirīya, Bṛhadāraṇyaka, Śvetāśvatara, Praśna and Maitrāyaṇa Upaniṣads. It contains the Bṛhadāraṇyaka’s teaching of “not this, not this”, the Kaṭha’s image of the self as the rider in a chariot, and the Taittirīya’s definition of Brahman.
How to cite
The Upanishads, Part II: Sacred Books of the East, vol. 15. Translated by F. Max Müller. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1884.
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Traditions
- VedāntaThe schools of Indian philosophy that interpret the Upaniṣads, the Brahma Sūtras and the Bhagavad Gītā.
- Advaita VedāntaThe school of Vedānta that teaches the non-difference of the self and Brahman.
- Dvaita VedāntaThe school of Vedānta, founded by Madhva, that holds God, selves and the world to be eternally distinct.