उद्दालक
सब वस्तुएँ एक अंतर्निहित सत् के रूपांतरण हैं, और आपका अपना आत्म वही सत् है – जैसे जल में घुला नमक उसमें सर्वत्र है।
पृष्ठभूमि
छांदोग्य उपनिषद् के वैदिक आचार्य: सब वस्तुएँ एक सत् के रूपांतर हैं, और प्रत्येक का आत्मा वही सत् है – “तत् त्वम् असि”।
मुख्य विचार
- सब का मूल सत्
- तत् त्वम् असि
- अवलोकन और सादृश्य द्वारा शिक्षण
शिष्य: याज्ञवल्क्य
प्रभाव
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Known only from the Upanishadic tradition: a lineage of teachers in the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (6.3.7) makes Yajnavalkya Uddalaka’s pupil, while in 3.7 the two meet as rivals in debate; outside these texts nothing is known of either. Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad 6.3.7, 3.7, tr. P. Olivelle, Upaniṣads, 1996
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याज्ञवल्क्य › परंपरागत रूप से लगभग 800–720 ईसा पूर्व
आर्थर शोपेनहावर
जिन्हें प्रभावित किया
Schopenhauer made Uddalaka’s ‘tat tvam asi’ (that art thou) from the Chandogya Upanishad, read in the Oupnek’hat, the formula of his ethics of compassion (1819, 1840). A. Schopenhauer, Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (1819); Über die Grundlage der Moral (1840); U. App, Schopenhauer’s Compass (2014)
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आर्थर शोपेनहावर › 1788–1860
कृतियाँ
- लगभग 650 ईसा पूर्वछांदोग्य उपनिषद्
इसके छठे अध्याय में उद्दालक अपने पुत्र श्वेतकेतु को सिखाते हैं कि सब वस्तुएँ एक सत् के रूप हैं – पानी में घुले नमक की तरह: “तत् त्वम् असि”।
मत
In the sixth chapter of the Chandogya Upanishad Uddalaka instructs his son: in the beginning there was Being (sat) alone, one without a second – not non-being, for how could being arise from non-being? Being brought forth heat, water and food, and from their mixture came all things, just as all clay pots are only clay. He teaches through observation: salt dissolved in water cannot be seen yet is tasted everywhere; the tiny seed of a banyan holds the whole tree. Each lesson ends with “tat tvam asi” – “you are that”, whose exact sense scholars debate. Shankara later made it a “great saying” of Advaita.
जीवन और संदर्भ
Uddalaka Aruni is known only from late Vedic texts – the Shatapatha Brahmana and the Brihadaranyaka and Chandogya Upanishads – which portray him as a renowned Brahmin teacher, father of Shvetaketu and, in one lineage, teacher of Yajnavalkya. He probably lived in northern India in the 8th or 7th century BCE, but his dates are uncertain, and whether the teachings put in his mouth record a historical person is unknown.
अन्य प्रमुख कृतियाँ
- Chandogya Upanishad, chapter 6 (teachings attributed to him; text c. 6th century BCE)
- Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (appears as debater and teacher; c. 7th–6th century BCE)
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