Teacher of the Upanishads

Yama

यम

Death himself, who tests a boy with every worldly temptation before teaching him the Self that death cannot touch.

Key dialogues

Questions to explore

  • Why is it Death, of all teachers, who reveals the deathless Self?
  • What is Yama's distinction between the pleasant (preyas) and the good (shreyas)?

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