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Re: Upanishads: The Mystics of Vedas!
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To: alt-hindu@cis.ohio-state.edu
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Subject: Re: Upanishads: The Mystics of Vedas!
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From: susarla@owlnet.rice.edu (Hari Krishna Susarla)
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Date: Fri, 02 Jun 95 13:45:24 GMT
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From news@larry.rice.edu Fri Jun 2 10: 35:10 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
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References: <3qlfvo$2u4@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
In article <3qlfvo$2u4@ucunix.san.uc.edu>,
Ram Chandran <CHANDRA2%ERS.BITNET@VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU> wrote:
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> The last phase of the Vedic revelation established the most significant
>thought process to the philosophy of life through the Upanishads. The
>Upanishads come after the Veda and therefore the philosophy is known as the
>Vedanta.
That is not correct. Actually, the Upanishads are from the Vedas. They
constitute jnana-kaanda portion of the Vedas. The only exception is
Gitopanishad, the Bhagavad-Gita, which appears in the Mahabharata and is the
summary of all the philosophy of the Upanishads.
Respectfully,
-- HKS
