10 Major Upanishad

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Veda mean to know in Sanskrit. There are four types Veda known to us: Rig Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama

Veda, Atharva Veda. All the Vedas are divided into four parts: Samhita, Brahmana, Aryanka,

Upanishad. Upanishad is the part which deals with knowledge. There are 10 major Upanishad by Adi

Sankaracharya. There is a total of 18 slokas in Upanishad. Some of the is briefly described below:

According to this sloka 1, Whatever is there in this world is made by god there nothing such thing

called not made by god. We all must enjoy and live the reality. Whatever we see is a reality.

Consciousness is the only reality. They have different name and form. We should not praise or

respect anyone because of his wealth as all belongs to god. It also speaks about …show more content…
I don’t fully agree with this explanation. If reality is what we can see than what is the logic behind

the existence of god? There has been few incidence which people believe as an act of god but they

can be mere co-incidence. Many think that god is ideal personified non-existent object that forms a

basis of community. Also, the definition of freedom is not something we think of. Freedom is nothing

but a state or condition in life when we are happy and do anything we want until and unless it

doesn’t harm other creatures or individual in the universe. Freedom doesn't mean detachment of

wife or something. God himself have a wife. Does that mean he himself isn’t free?

The second sloka states that who so ever cannot attain the path of renunciation should adopt his

path of Karma i.e. Work. According to the this whatever happens to us irrespective of the result

being good or bad, profit or loss etc. the person should only focus on the work and all this should not

affect his karma. My question is then why are we working? Whatever a man does, it is realised his

dream to live up a healthy and happy life. We all work to attain satisfaction but at the same

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