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    In about 600 BC what Indian text appeared that stressed mysticism and asceticism?

    Question #967. Asked by MRI. (Apr 08 00 5:26 PM)


    essaychess

    		The Upanishads, concerned chiefly with pantheistic speculations on the nature of deity and the end of man.

    Apr 08 00, 7:35 PM
    zbeckabee

    		The oldest, such as the Brhadaranyaka and Chandogya Upanishads, may date to the Brahmana period (roughly before the 7th century BCE; before Gita was constructed), while the youngest, depending on the canon used, may date to the medieval or early modern period.

    The rise of the Upanishad literature, which deals with the growth and development of the concept of Brahman, also called the Vedanta.

    http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/hm/hm03.htm#1-21

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upanishads

    Jan 19 08, 9:32 AM

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