14 Facts About Katha Upanisad

Chronology of Katha Upanisad Upanishad is unclear and contested, but belongs to the later verse Upanishads, dated to the 5th to first centuries BCE.

The detailed teachings of Katha Upanisad Upanishad have been variously interpreted, as Dvaita and as Advaita .

Katha Upanisad Upanishad was translated into Persian in 17th century, copies of which were then translated into Latin and distributed in Europe.

Paul Deussen notes that the Katha Upanisad Upanishad uses words that symbolically embed and creatively have multiple meanings.

For example, a closely pronounced word Katha Upanisad literally means "story, legend, conversation, speech, tale".

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Katha Upanisad Upanishad has two chapters, each with three sections, thus a total of six sections.

Katha Upanisad's second wish, Nachiketa prefaces his request with the statement that heaven is a place where there is no fear, no anxiety, no old age, no hunger, no thirst, no sorrow.

Katha Upanisad asserts that man must not fear anyone or anything as the true essence of man is neither born nor dies; he is eternal, he is Brahman.

In final verses of the second Valli, the Katha Upanisad Upanishad asserts that Atman-knowledge, or Self-realization, is not attained by instruction, not arguments nor reasoning from scriptures.

Katha Upanisad Upanishad asserts that one who does not use his powers of reasoning, whose senses are unruly and mind unbridled, his life drifts in chaos and confusion, his existence entangled in samsara.

Beyond the Atman, states Katha Upanisad Upanishad, is the Avyaktam, and Purusha is beyond the Avyaktam, and beyond the Purusha, there is nothing - for it is the goal, for it is the highest road.

Atman, asserts Katha Upanisad Upanishad, is the subject of Self-knowledge, the bearer of spiritual reality, that which is all-pervading, inside every being, which unifies all human beings as well as all creatures, the concealed, eternal, immortal, pure bliss.

Parts of the ideas in these first two similes of Katha Upanisad Upanishad are of far more ancient origins, and found for example in Book 6, Chapter 47 of Rig veda.

Various themes contained in Katha Upanisad Upanishad have been subject of many scholarly works.