- Upanishads
- body of sacred texts
- composed by anonymous thinkers
- between 800 and 400 B.C.E.
- mystical
- highly philosophical
- sought to probe inner meaning of sacrifices prescribed in Vedas
- introspective thinking
- expressed central concepts of Hinduism
- World Soul
- final/ultimate reality
- something beyond even gods
- kind of like dao
- only dao-like thing is real
- Vedic Age
- provided commonality
- "Vedic" meaning knowledge