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The Self (Ātman)

Not the body, not the thoughts — the silent awareness in which both appear.

Ātman is the deepest 'I' — not the body, not the passing thoughts and feelings, but the awareness in which all of those appear. Much of Hindu thought is a disciplined inquiry into this self: what it is, whether it is one or many, and how it relates to ultimate reality. Recognizing the self truly is, for several schools, the very heart of liberation.

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  1. Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad
    Mithilā (kingdom of Videha) · -700
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  2. Chāndogya Upaniṣad
    Kuru-Pañcāla region · -700
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  3. Aitareya Upaniṣad
    Kuru-Pañcāla region · -700
    explains
  4. Kaṭha Upaniṣad
    Kuru-Pañcāla region · -500
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  5. Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad
    Kuru-Pañcāla region · -300
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  6. Bhagavad-gītā
    Kuru-Pañcāla region · -150
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  7. Upadeśasāhasrī
    Kālaḍi (Kaladi) · 710
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  8. Aṣṭāvakra-gītā
    Kāśī (Varanasi) · 1450
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