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Do you consider that the Upanishadic principles embody the high point of Vedic religious thought? Comment.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Aryans and Vedic Period

To call the Upanishads the "high point" of Vedic religious thought is to make a claim about direction — that Vedic religion moved, over centuries, from ritual externality toward philosophical interiority, and that this movement represents an ascent rather than merely a change. The claim has real force: nowhere else in Vedic literature is the…

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  • The Ritual Inheritance the Upanishads Grew Out Of
  • The Decisive Turn: From External Offering to Inner Knowledge
  • A Gradual, Not Sudden, Liberation from Ritual
  • Why "High Point" Needs Qualification
  • Conclusion

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