Chandogya Upanishad - Translated By Swami Lokeswarananda

Chandogya Upanishad is the second biggest of the major Upanishads containing sublime flashes of spiritual light and it is an ancient source of principal fundamentals of Vedanta philosophy. It forms the last eight chapters of the Chandogya Brahmana of the Sama Veda. Each of the chapters of the Chandogya Upanishad is important. The first five chapters are about worship and meditation; whereas from the sixth chapter on they are about Brahman. The purpose of the meditation chapters is to emphasize the need for a pure heart. Only when the heart is pure can instructions about Brahman be effective. Translated with notes based on Sri Shankaracharya’s commentary.