Upanishad The Book Of Philosophy

The word "Upnishad" consists of three words with specific meanings. 'Upa' means near, 'ni' means down and 'shad' means to sit. Obviously to sit at the feet of teacher to get knowledge is the complete meaning of the word Upnishad.

Actually the Upanishads are the collection of ideas and teachings of the people and thinker who spent their precious time and knowledge to find out the real meaning of life. These book contains the teachings of various religious teachers and saints.

The Upanishads are known as books of philosophy and considered to have more spiritual and philosophical contents than Vedas.

Facts About The Upanishads
*There are 108 Upanishads and eleven of them are called main Upanishads.
*Upanishads describes doctrines such as
# Ideal human conduct
# Creation of world
# Creation of spirit
# Practice of yoga and meditation
*The main philosophy Upanishads are
# Upsana (Worship)
# Bhakti (Devotion)
*They give importance to believe and worship one God.
*The Upanishads describe the way to merge individual soul to comic soul.
*Mundaka is the major Upanishad.