The Upanishadic Method of Inquiry
Systematic investigation into the nature of Self.
The Upanishads teach through dialogue and inquiry, using questions like 'Who am I?' and 'What is Brahman?' This method leads directly to self-knowledge.
The Self is to be inquired into - that is the teaching.
Self-inquiry is the direct path to liberation.
Various Upanishads
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- What the Upanishads say about doubt
The tradition's form is the question — who am I, what is Brahman — put to a teacher and pressed. What is handed over is a question to take up, not a doctrine to accept.