Ideas from 'The Upanishads' by Anon (Upan) [950 BCE], by Theme Structure

[found in 'The Upanishads' (ed/tr Prabhavananda /Manchester) [Mentor 1957,-]].

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16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 3. Persons as Reasoners

8143	Self is the rider, intellect the charioteer, mind the reins, and body the chariot

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self

8147	We have an apparent and a true self; only the second one exists, and we must seek to know it

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 5. Concepts and Language / a. Concepts and language

8155	Without speech we cannot know right/wrong, true/false, good/bad, or pleasant/unpleasant

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure

8142	The wise prefer good to pleasure; the foolish are drawn to pleasure by desire

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / c. Teaching

8151	Let your teacher be a god to you

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 2. Defining Kinds

8153	By knowing one piece of clay or gold, you know all of clay or gold

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 2. Eternal Universe

8154	Originally there must have been just Existence, which could not come from non-existence

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 1. God

8148	Brahma, supreme god and protector of the universe, arose from the ocean of existence

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof

8144	Brahman is the Uncaused Cause

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 2. Pantheism

8152	Earth, food, fire, sun are all forms of Brahman

29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 3. Hinduism

8156	The gods are not worshipped for their own sake, but for the sake of the Self

8159	Damayata - be self-controlled! Datta - be charitable! Dayadhwam - be compassionate!

8157	A man with desires is continually reborn, until his desires are stilled

8145	Those ignorant of Atman return as animals or plants, according to their merits

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief

8149	Charity and ritual observance distract from the highest good of religion

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

8158	Do not seek to know Brahman by arguments, for arguments are idle and vain

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul

8146	The immortal in us is the part that never sleeps, and shapes our dreams

8150	The immortal Self and the sad individual self are like two golden birds perched on one tree