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The Vajrasuchi Upanishad (Sanskrit: वज्रसूची उपनिषत्, IAST: Vajrasūcī Upaniṣad) is an important Sanskrit text and an Upanishad of Hinduism. It is classified as one of the 22 Samanya (general) Upanishads, and identified as a Vedanta text. It is attached to the Samaveda. The text discusses the four varnas (caste system). It is notable for being a sustained philosophical attack against the division of human beings, and for asserting that any human being can achieve the highest spiritual state of existence.

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  • The Vajrasuchi Upanishad (Sanskrit: वज्रसूची उपनिषत्, IAST: Vajrasūcī Upaniṣad) is an important Sanskrit text and an Upanishad of Hinduism. It is classified as one of the 22 Samanya (general) Upanishads, and identified as a Vedanta text. It is attached to the Samaveda. The text discusses the four varnas (caste system). It is notable for being a sustained philosophical attack against the division of human beings, and for asserting that any human being can achieve the highest spiritual state of existence. (en)
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  • The text challenges caste, class divisions (en)
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  • वज्रसूची (en)
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  • Vedanta (en)
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  • What is varna ? The Brahmana, the Kshatriya, the Vaishya and the Shudra, are the four varnas. What is meant by Brahmana? Is it his individual soul? Is it his body? Is it based on his birth? Is it his knowledge? Is it his deeds? Is it his rites? (en)
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  • Vajrasūcī (en)
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  • —Vajrasucika Upanishad, Verse 2 (en)
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  • Samanya (en)
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  • Samaveda (en)
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  • The Vajrasuchi Upanishad (Sanskrit: वज्रसूची उपनिषत्, IAST: Vajrasūcī Upaniṣad) is an important Sanskrit text and an Upanishad of Hinduism. It is classified as one of the 22 Samanya (general) Upanishads, and identified as a Vedanta text. It is attached to the Samaveda. The text discusses the four varnas (caste system). It is notable for being a sustained philosophical attack against the division of human beings, and for asserting that any human being can achieve the highest spiritual state of existence. (en)
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  • Vajrasuchi Upanishad (en)
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