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Chandogya Upanishad
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The Chandogya Upanishad, attached to the Sama Veda, is one of the oldest and longest of the principal Upanishads, its eight chapters ranging from the ritual meaning of chants to some of the tradition's most quoted philosophical teachings. Its sixth chapter records the sage Uddalaka Aruni instructing his son Svetaketu through a series of everyday analogies (a banyan seed, salt dissolved in water) culminating in the refrain "tat tvam asi," "that thou art," identifying the individual self with the underlying reality of the universe.
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Position in the CanonNinth of the thirteen principal Upanishads in their standard sequence. 1 Status
Canonical StatusShruti, and counted among the principal Upanishads 1 Text
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StructureEight chapters (prapathakas); chapter six carries the tat tvam asi teaching 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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