The Chāndogya Upaniṣad

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Taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey

Vedic scholar. Founder of VidyāSetu.

Curriculum

परिचय · Introduction

The Chāndogya Upaniṣad — the Great Song of the Sāmaveda — free to read (20 min)
The Śānti-Mantra (20 min)
What You Will Be Able to Do (20 min)
Course Metadata (20 min)
A Mostly-Prose Upaniṣad (20 min)
The Eight Adhyāyas at a Glance (20 min)

प्रथमोऽध्यायः · Adhyāya 1 — The Udgītha (OM)

प्रथमोऽध्यायः · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
1.1.1 — Meditate on OM as the Udgītha (20 min)
1.1.1 — Commentary (20 min)
1.1.3 — The Essence of All Essences (20 min)
1.1.5 — Speech, Breath, and the Syllable (20 min)
1.5.1 — The Udgītha Is the Praṇava (20 min)

द्वितीयोऽध्यायः · Adhyāya 2 — The Sāman in All Things

द्वितीयोऽध्यायः · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
2.1.1 — The Good Is the Sāman (20 min)
2.2.1 — The Fivefold Sāman in the Worlds (20 min)
2.8.1 — The Sevenfold Sāman in Speech (20 min)

तृतीयोऽध्यायः · Adhyāya 3 — "All This Is Brahman"

तृतीयोऽध्यायः · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
3.1.1 — The Sun, Honey of the Gods (20 min)
3.12.1 — The Gāyatrī Is All This (20 min)
3.14.1 — All This Is Brahman (Śāṇḍilya-vidyā) (20 min)
3.14.1 — Commentary (20 min)
3.14.3 — Smaller than a Grain, Greater than the Worlds (20 min)

चतुर्थोऽध्यायः · Adhyāya 4 — Satyakāma and the Teaching Fires

चतुर्थोऽध्यायः · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
4.4.4 — "I Am Satyakāma" (20 min)
4.4.5 — Truth Reveals the Brāhmaṇa (20 min)
4.3.3 — Breath, the Absorber (20 min)
4.10.4 — Brahman Is Breath, Joy, Space (20 min)

पञ्चमोऽध्यायः · Adhyāya 5 — Life, Rebirth, and the Universal Self

पञ्चमोऽध्यायः · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
5.1.1 — Breath, the Eldest and Best (20 min)
5.3.3 — The Question of Rebirth (20 min)
5.11.1 — What Is Our Self? What Is Brahman? (20 min)

षष्ठोऽध्यायः · Adhyāya 6 — "Tat Tvam Asi"

षष्ठोऽध्यायः · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
6.1.3 — Know the One, Know All (20 min)
6.1.4 — The Clay and Its Forms (20 min)
6.2.1 — Being Alone Was (20 min)
6.8.7 — That Thou Art (Tat Tvam Asi) (20 min)
Tat Tvam Asi — Commentary (20 min)

सप्तमोऽध्यायः · Adhyāya 7 — The Infinite (Bhūmā)

सप्तमोऽध्यायः · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
7.1.3 — The Knower of the Self Crosses Sorrow (20 min)
7.23.1 — The Infinite Alone Is Happiness (20 min)
The Bhūmā — Commentary (20 min)
7.24.1 — Where One Sees Nothing Else (20 min)
7.25.2 — The Self Alone Is All This (20 min)

अष्टमोऽध्यायः · Adhyāya 8 — The Space in the Heart, and the True Self

अष्टमोऽध्यायः · Chapter Overview — free to read (20 min)
8.1.1 — The Small Space Within the Heart (20 min)
8.7.1 — The Self to Be Sought (20 min)
8.7.4 — The Person in the Eye (20 min)
8.12.3 — The Self Stands Forth in Its Own Form (20 min)
The Serene Self — Commentary (20 min)

विरासत · Legacy & Review

The Chāndogya in the Life of the Tradition — free to read (20 min)
Comparative Knowledge — the Great Sayings (20 min)
Key Sanskrit Vocabulary (20 min)
Common Misconceptions (20 min)
Frequently Asked Questions (20 min)
Practical & Reflective Wisdom (20 min)
Your Capstone Project (20 min)