A principal Upanishad of the Krishna Yajurveda

Taittiriya Upanishad

तैत्तिरीयोपनिषद्

From food to bliss: a son returns to his father five times, each time with a deeper answer to 'what is the Self?'

Dialogues in this Upanishad

  • Bhrigu Learns the Five Sheaths — 'Seek to know Brahman by tapas.' Five times Bhrigu thinks he has the answer — food, breath, mind, knowledge — and five times his father sends him back, until he reaches bliss.

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