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The name Upanishad is composed of upa (near) and shad (to sit). Etymologically the word suggests “sitting down near”: that is, at the feet of an illuminated teacher in an intimate session of spiritual instructions, as aspirants still do in India today. Often the teacher is one who has retired from worldly life to an ashram or “forest academy&rdquo... [continue reading]
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